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errr, not billy -- noah -- going to paris

sorry

adb
seattle - Mon Feb 8 20:55:53 MST 2010

i know i don't deserve answers to these burning questions, so if no one wants to answer, that's okay, but i just have to ask . . .

1 -- who did victor name as the new chief of jabot ??

2 -- why is billy going to paris all of a sudden -- i know eden is there, is there another reason for him to be going

and, yes, i DID watch today's show and basically it made no sense to me -- your posts made me WANT to watch !!!!! --

hugs all

adb
seattle - Mon Feb 8 20:55:25 MST 2010

Thanks to those who want me to stay on here. I better had because this keeps me out of HQ's hair occasionally which she appreciates. Also, she sometimes puts her two cents in.

The last time I came on here, I tried to get off without posting and my computer refused to do so. I clicked on the red X several times, nothing happened. When I moved the cursor down over the entries, I got the little hourglass. When I went to the lower left red box to turn off the computer, the little hourglass just stayed on. So I pulled the plug which I know is a no-no, but sometimes it's the only way. Next time I booted up, all was well. I hope after this, I can get off normally!

Anyway, Dayna, there was a brief scene of Cane talking furtively on the phone, looking very nervous but I didn't catch what he was saying. And I agree about Ashley knowing it if she had given birth. My wife has borne three children and her body told her all about it for weeks afterward! But dear Ashley was in great shape already. Unbelievable! You said it well, lady bug-Ashley remembers the cloth so clearly. And what you said about Adam- right on!

Mary W, apparently the people who run the asylum are mentally defective themselves. Not only can't they see the rip in the bedding but they give Patti the newspaper. And she has scissors? In a padded cell? Aren't there any instructions about her at the nurses' station? NC rightly points out there should be a TV monitor. To paraphrase a Brooks & Dunn lyric- there ain't nothin about this hospital that ain't cuckoo.

Well, I've spent some time commenting on others' posts, so now I'll go watch 2 and 1/2 men reruns for a while. So long, troops. Will I get off?
Willie
- Mon Feb 8 19:59:29 MST 2010

Deb - I agree on all counts.
Think about it writers....if Lauren is a smart enough business women to own & operate a multimillion dollar company, why can't she figure out the cause of her headaches; in addition to Daisy's antics, which by now even I would suspect. Let's not milk this thing; it gets skim (pun). How is it, Lauren could reason, every time I complain of tenseness or a headache, Daisy gives me tea and I get worse? I mean, how long has this been going on? Cheese.
Maybe, if the Vic calls back Victoria ("Yeah, bring the kid!" he says -lol) she and JT can resume their romance. But I agree w/ you, debs, JT and Mac is not a match made in...well that's my opinion. Mac needs something to make her smile and JT's work will keep him away too long for that.
Yes, NC, Peyton played for the Tenn. Vols., but all his volunteerism (pun) didn't pay off in this Superbowl. Sigh. Maybe his brother will win the playoffs next year and put the Giants in the Superbowl. Hope springs eternal.
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Mon Feb 8 18:22:13 MST 2010

Adam has returned to being cocky after he fulfilled his job for Newman. But Billy is gonna keep him in check, maybe, by bringing out his dirty laundry in those expository articles he writes for Restless Style (especially now that Adam got that phone call about Phyllis digging up info on Dr. whatshisname.

Hey! The Saints won the SuperBowl and we all know that's the lift that NO needed.Who Dat and congrats!

So Tucker has a new bed warmer: that leggy, pretty brunette at his door is going to break Jill's heart, especially having been pink - slipped by Kate now.

NC - the Cardinal is for Tenn. too? OK I'll buy that. As I said, he's a good indicator that things are ok in the backyard because of his flightiness. Generic name for the cardinal is Cardinalis virginianus. It is also called Virginia's Cardinal. But its territory spreads from Canada to Mexico, so it is possible Tennessee may also have it as its state bird.

Now, adb, the Mockingbird is unique. As you know, it copies, or mocks, other bird calls and goes on for hours. I like its calls, but it is territorial and real mean. My poor cat was attacked long time ago and was afraid of birds till its passing.

Y'all stay safe in the snow and ice.
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Feb 8 15:07:15 MST 2010

we all know who Jack is really going to wed....maybe the writers will mix it up now to keep us interested and spellbound!

I think Victoria will come back to run Jabot. Then her and Billy Boy will hit it off and Kaboom, Jabot will be an Abbot assett again. Though if Victor was the friend he claims to be...he would actually give Jabot to Katherine again. Then she would give it back to Jack for his loyal support in her time of trouble. Kaboom, Jabot belongs to the Abbotts again!!

Loved tucker dropping Jill like a hot potato and for the right reasons for a change. It was unexpected.....I like that though did feel sorry for Jill. Maybe Wadda ya call him (the biker) will come back. They were good together.

Chance hasn't been around for donkeys years, just back from Iraq, what could anyone possibly have on him to want to set him up given his age etc..... stupid. Like we don't know his supervisor is trying to shut him up.

For God sake figure out the tea bag headaches and pin point Daisy. If I was Eden I would not want to come back to Lauren's to live if that is what she thought of me. Besides, don't you think by now Eden and Michael would have talked and he would know that "someone else" set up the Paris trip etc.... doesn't make sense for the caring family.

Daisy is so evil.... she plays it well, her and Adam should get married!

Yes the blind man can see, all too well and how perfectly he opened and resealed EVERY envelope not to be discovered by the worldly Tucker. I like the new Tucker.

Hate that they will break up JT and Victoria. HATE, HATE, HATE that they are starting to pair Mac and JT....double ugh!.

Anyone notice how hump backed Abbey is. Boy is she a future case of Osteoarthritis. She is doing a better job these days of acting but I still haven't warmed to her.

Where is the Ghost of John in all the Abbot/Jabot troubles, for God sake make him a usful Ghost, he could sure help to wrap up a few storylines. Maybe he could find the piece of purple cloth!!
Deb
- Mon Feb 8 13:22:06 MST 2010

adb our bird is a Mockingbird...loud...(*_*)
Saw a red headed woodpecker with a white spotted chest...very pretty ...I know he loves the suet we put out....Blue Jays are mean boys...they run off the others to get to the feeders...I can sit for sometime to watch them...

RC where do you think Peyton played college football??? Tennessee...home of the Vols...

MaryW it's Jean that HATES doing her taxes...I had to rub it in for her...hehehe

toots be careful getting out today...we're getting more snow tonight...
NC
Chicky boobies tonight....baked tater...yummmmmm - Mon Feb 8 10:36:44 MST 2010

when i lived in Ohio a male cardinal hit my window It was winter time and I ran out and picked him up I was so excited to beable to hold one He was so warm considering how cold it was outside , I took a picture of him me holding him and one on my table ,I took him to a wild animal refuge and he was taken care of and then released Tada.. Cardinals & Hummers are my favorite bird's
Pinkie
- Mon Feb 8 09:16:52 MST 2010

nc -- isn't the cardinal the state bird of tennessee too ??

we had them in central pennsylvania, so brilliant

here we have huge blue jays, but no cardinals that i know of

congrats to NO -- the team, the city, the state deserve the honor

adb
seattle - Sun Feb 7 21:12:53 MST 2010

Mary: Thanks for the info. I'm amazed at your memory. I couldn't think of Blade's name to save my life!

RC: I'm in Virginia too. I love this state but I'm not loving the weather at the moment, which is not normal!! I've been snowed in all weekend...going batty. I don't know how people up north do it. I guess it would help if we had all our roads scraped and salted but considering how rare snow is it would be a waste of tax dollars. If I had a pair of ice skates, which I don't, I could skate down my street!!

lady bug
- Sun Feb 7 16:16:22 MST 2010

Preparing to watch the SUPERBOWL. I'm rooting for the Colts; mostly because the QB is brother to the QB for the NY Giants. Ironically, their father, Archie Manning was quarterback to the Saints, way back when. Nonetheless, this should be an excellent game, and not a runaway game. NO has good defense, but Peyton is an experienced QB. Wait and See. What do some of you think?
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Sun Feb 7 15:26:51 MST 2010

LadyBug - The Northern Cardinal is Virginia's state bird as well. Yes, I agree, it's nice to see and hear the cardinal in the neighborhood. I think it's a sign everything's alright, because Cardinals are so flighty and nervous (they are difficult to watch unless at a good distance). It's especially watching the male feeding the female.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Sun Feb 7 15:15:49 MST 2010

Mary/Maine: The snow shoveling KID I have not called as he does not drive and he would have to walk through a field to get here and walking in this deep heavy snow he would be wet and tired before he got here to start. Hope tomorrow grandson can park in the road have a shovel and make me a path from house to the road....will see.
Toots
Ohio - Sun Feb 7 12:02:12 MST 2010

ladybug, Blade was the good twin (the photographer who gave Malcom his chance in the business) and Rick was the evil one.

Sunny, but chilly, went yesterday and today for a couple of two mile walks.I must say I am glad we missed the storms that you others to our west and south are getting.Toots where is that kid in the neighborhood who wanted work that you provided a hat, food and drink to?

Off to the movies in a bit to see "Precious" and then "It's Complicated", my mom and I are doing a double, Fireman will be home working on cleaning out his workshop and then watching the superbowl.

Mary
Maine - Sun Feb 7 11:00:28 MST 2010

My state bird is a cardinal so I have seen many, but it always thrills me. One of my fondest memories is visiting friends in the country, driving past a field and seeing a small evergreen and thinking, how odd that someone decorated it with red bows out here in the middle of nowhere. As we got closer we saw it was covered with cardinals. I have a bird feeder outside my window and even here in the city it's always full of birds. My granddaughter loves watching them "eat their lunch". Once in a while, not often, I get a cardinal. I bluejay once attacked me. It came diving out of a tree straight at my head. I thought it was a fluke until he did it again. I was in his yard. He was beautiful if not too friendly. I LOVE birds.

I like the Pattie/Emily story. It's vintage soap opera...I can almost hear the organ music in the background...LOL! It would be better if they could have worked in the "evil twin" scenerio. Y&R had an evil twin once, I think??? Ashley had a husband, Michael Tylo, I think he had a twin but don't know which one was evil.

That's an interesting theory on Phyllis hooking up with Adam to protect their marriages. Could happen.

My taxes are done too. My daughter did them on turbo tax. (MaryW...you'll find as you get older that daughters do all kinds of wonderful things for you. I'm sure sons do too, but I don't have one of those.) Anyway, it turned out much better than last year when H&R did them. I do hope I don't get visited upon by the feds...LOL!!

lady bug
- Sun Feb 7 07:49:30 MST 2010

Mary W.I am still snow bound.Hopefully tomorrow my grandson will be able to get over and make me a path out to the road.The road is all clear. I HAVE to get out Monday as I am scheduled for some testing. The snow is very heavy! No this ole gal is not able to shovel those days long gone :O(
The Cardinal is the state bird of Ohio and what a beautiful sight to see one against the snow!!! those and a blue jay are very pretty BUT the bluejays are real bad about letting other birds get to the feeders. Very noisy and mess with the little ones . A red headed wood pecker is also a pretty sight.

Toots
snowed in in Ohio - Sun Feb 7 06:43:39 MST 2010

NC totally jealous of you on two counts: You get to see cardinals (never seen one here in CO, only bluejays) and you have your taxes done already!

Toots I've heard of snow blowers that if the snow is wet and heavy it clogs them right up over and over again and it's just as much work to unclog them as it is to shovel! You're not doing any of this work yourself are you?
Mary W
CO - Sun Feb 7 00:11:36 MST 2010

mary w: you may want to try taking some potassium. also get some hawthorn berry tea. it works if you drink a cup everyday.
nikki <energ555@yahoo.com>
ny - Sat Feb 6 21:40:10 MST 2010

I agree with Sparkie about the boring people. I tape Y & R and FF them. I want to add that I hate Ashley and Neil as a couple. Ìt looks like Jacko is going to end up wedding Patty Cake. I think when Phylis finds out that Ashley`s baby is Sharon`s and Nick`s she is going to team up with Adam, to prevent losing Nick. Just my thoughts. Sharon from Edmonton Ab Y R viewer for 39 yrs
Sharon <smurph7@shaw.ca>
Edmonton - Sat Feb 6 21:09:58 MST 2010

MaryBeth..almost everyday late in the afternoon, we must get around 10 or so cardinals, all at once (male and female) at the bird feeder, they are a site to behold, so beautiful. also for about the last 3 years, we have a tree outside our kitchen window and a hole in the trunk of the tree and a little owl has come back the last few winters and has made that his home. he just fits perfectly in the hole, we see him different times of the day just sitting in edge of the hole. he is so cute, we have named him "Sam". then once the weather gets nicer he leaves, then back again the next winter. we get so much enjoyment watching the wild life.

Y&R...Lauren..boring
Patty/Emily..boring
Chance..boring....only like watching the Adam storyline, watching him squirm.
sparkie
burlington,ontario - Sat Feb 6 20:30:26 MST 2010

ahhhh Nurse Connie.... how lucky are you?
I've never seen a live cardinal sitting
in a tree, let a lone two or three.
MaryBeth
- Sat Feb 6 18:04:01 MST 2010

pinkie - Sooooooooooooo glad to read about Mr. P....and slap you silly for your temps...lololol...it's a balmy 29 with wind chil...you know I love ya (*_*)

MaryW it all along has made me question the acts at the mental Inst. because of the items they leave in Patti's PADDED room...I would think she would be under a servalince per TV at the nurses station...we use to have rules that a patient was commented on or docummented on their behavior every 15 minutes when in padded cell protection...

Now are we really suprised how underhanded Victor acted?
Tucker dumping Jill was spell binding for me...made me pmp and slap my knee I tell ya...
Does anyone else want to wash Cane's hair and style it but me? It looks like crap...even Kevin hair looks nice or at least clean...IMO

toots please be careful in all this weather and letting Buffie out to wee wee...as I sit here at my desk I see a Bradford Pear tree that has at least 3 male Cardnals (sp) and 2 females ... what an awesome site against the grey sky with their bright colors and our flag flying in the back ground...it's one of those ahhhhhhhhhh momments.

Got my taxes done last night...glad that's over....

NC
Rain and more rain and cold with few flurries around... - Sat Feb 6 10:53:51 MST 2010

Pinkie, good news about Mr.P. Sounds like he's doing good, and that even the big things can't keep him down!

Toots and Frances sound like they are buried in the white stuff! Ooh I think I do smell cookies baking. Frances, was it you that made the graham cracker cookie thingies? Some of that Noodle pudding stuff would be good too, the sweet kind.

Looks like Victor negotiated lots of screen time in his contract. I wanted the new McCall to be taller than Victor.
Oh I'm so tired of the whole Patty/Emelie bs. Lets get this sucker to the finish line. PLEASE.
MaryBeth
- Sat Feb 6 10:51:08 MST 2010

Morning from snow covered OHIO..have no idea yet how much but nothing is stirring in the hood..Pretty to look at but little scary to think could not get out if HAD to.IT is a very heavy snow and tree branches are sagging.Not sure even a snow blower could handle it. Sooooo will be a laundry day and some cookie bakeing. Then of course always a nap time..:O)
To all in the path of this storm be safe.
Toots
snow bound in Ohio - Sat Feb 6 06:57:26 MST 2010

Patty got the newspaper from the loony bin worker who probably didn't know she wasn't supposed to get newspapers. He gave her the newspaper so she could use it as an art supply to finish making her ugly paper mache house!

I still find it amazing that no one has seen the obvious hole on the edge of Patty's bed in plain sight!

I do think Doug Davidson is doing an excellent acting job as Patty's concerned brother.
Mary W
CO - Fri Feb 5 21:14:05 MST 2010

update on MrP he ventured out to get his drivers liscense renewed . yes he drove himself ..What a Guy ..^ g ^ .. he had a really bad cough which is now gone he took Antibotic's ,

re Y&R Im still thinking Emily will dye her hair blonde how else will Patty get out ? AND beside Assman being able to see He pushed teeny tiny buttons with gloves on!!! Maybe Vic will let Assman run Jabot Orrrrrrr Jack Oh I know Billy ,, Nikkiii Hmmm endless choices
Glorius day here almost 70 Sorry snowbound ppl ..
Pinkie
- Fri Feb 5 19:36:10 MST 2010

Got to watch "Caprica" on SY FY. Oh, yes, I meant 'Handel' on that.
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Fri Feb 5 18:14:09 MST 2010

LadyBug : Thanks for news about Adam's sight deficit. I guess his ability to study and photograph documents was not hindered by his "blindness".

> Patty's just found out about Jack's upcoming wedding to her doctor - and she's livid! Wonder how she's going to break out.
> Aw, Jill's getting dumped by Tucker. She was dumb to fall for that self-serving SB.
> I hope Jack's nupitals turn out ok, but I have my doubts...and if Patty breaks out - I mean, she had a conniption after finding out 'bout the wedding, so maybe she'll kill the nurse and.....By the way, how is it psych patients get newspapers regularly?

> It's gratifying to see Victor help Catherine while also 'take down' his bitter enemy, which I guess is Tucker.
It's also gratifying to see the storylines moving faster. They must be reading our stuff, huh?

> The clandestine activity by Adam, Nick, and Victor to take down Tucker is fascinating.
? And you know Patty's gonna show up at he wedding *** Fireworks(not so sweet) in D. (Get a handle on that? LOL)
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Fri Feb 5 18:09:46 MST 2010

I now know from a spoiler who the new CEO of Jabot will be. SHOCK! Cannot believe this is someone whom Victor would choose.

ladybug: Thanks for the explanation re Adam's eye disease. I had never heard what his problem was. The writers have been inconsistent, though, IMO.
Cactus
- Fri Feb 5 15:04:42 MST 2010

I can't imagine Victor selling Jabot back to the Abbots. He hates Jack more than he loves money. Maybe Victor will buy up all the companies that Tucker sells.

Adam explained to Sharon once the nature of his blindness. It's not like blurry vision that gets worse. It's that his field of vision gets smaller and smaller until it's gone. What he CAN see is perfectly clear, but it's like looking through a tunnel. I knew someone once who had retinitis...that's what happened to her.

Wonder if the Pattie switch will happen in front of our eyes or will we find out in flash backs. Jack saw Emily getting her picture taken in her wedding gown...yet today she said that she didn't want him to see her before the wedding. Does that mean she'll be wearing a different dress??? If it's not different, will it be Pattie??? How is it that Pattie gets newspapers delivered to her when it is clearly not suppose to happen. Are the lunatics running the asylum??? I thought Emily was overly modest over the bikini. Geez....it's more coverage than Pink's Grammy outfit.

lady bug
- Fri Feb 5 14:38:31 MST 2010

Jean: Interesting theory. My feeling is that if what you suggest doesn't happen, Victoria will come back and be the CEO of Jabot.

The writers truly have forgotten that Adam is blind.

I think that Nick and Sharon will reunite in Paris. After she finds out how Adam has betrayed her, she will leave for Paris. Nick will join her later. Just wishful thinking on my part!
Cactus
snow melting in Alberta - Fri Feb 5 12:43:41 MST 2010

Y&R - My my Adam does have his eyesight back. How could an almost blind man do what he did today?? You knew Victor would out bid everyone, in a cheatful way. I tell ya he will sell Jabot back to Abbots for a price and the ranch.

Can't complain weather wise - 54 degrees and sunny.

Later - happy weekend all.
Jean
Houston - Fri Feb 5 11:36:41 MST 2010

Sorry you all up in Maine, Mass, and NY are going to be hit with so much snow; 18 - 20 inches I'm told. The DC area is getting 6 to 8 by tonight. We're getting 1 to 3 inches rain here in Hampton Roads with maybe snow later. Oh well. Be safe everyone.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Fri Feb 5 11:26:13 MST 2010

That's a heck of a lot of snow, TOOTS!
Be careful, and don't go out.

We all got this flu stuff with throwing up and very strong nausea. Nora started this, andd we all felt so sorry for her, we hugged her and loved her,and comforted her and guess what? We were getting the cooties too when we did that. It's passed thru everyone except my younger son.My husband is now back in bed sleeping and it's 9:16 am.

Does anyone else think Ashley is overacting a bit? Seems like Abby is the most mature of any of these crazy adults. I guess Sharon must have an attorney on retainer for her divorces. Wonder if they'll hire back Estella when the secrets all fall out.WHy would Estella go back? OH now there's a story. E could slowly poison all the Abbots and Newmans from one bottle of poison right there at the ranch.
MaryBeth
- Fri Feb 5 09:21:06 MST 2010

well the storm has started suppose to get up to eight inches :( Most all the schools have closed salt trucks loaded and ready to go. ice and sleet included it is really coming down.. Should end tomorrow evening...Yikes... Buffie and I will sit together watch the fire in fireplace, have naps :O) Maybe? finish a book I am reading ,and bake cookies.. Will be no going out that is for sure.
Mary/Maine: Hope you escape all this !!

Toots
snowing in Ohio - Fri Feb 5 08:17:04 MST 2010

Susan: I thought the same thing about Daisy being at a private school. WHO paid her tuition? Her mother? Daisy dresses nicely with clothes from Fenmore and looks like she fits in. Why would the kids diss her? It's not unusual either to have parents who are divorced or have other problems. I don't get why Lauren and Michael aren't raising questions.

Can't you see it now? Somehow Patty is going to escape and become Jack's bride.

I like the tension going on now with the bids for Jabot.
Cactus
spring-like in the foothills of Alberta - Thu Feb 4 19:19:02 MST 2010

Sorry. Meant to say, Jack CAN'T get back Jabot w/o Boris and Natasha.
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Thu Feb 4 17:16:52 MST 2010

susan - Sorry to hear about the ton of snow dumped on N.M.(Albuquerque,NM).
Yes, the Victor/Adam conspiracy threw me, too; more then that is that Nick come up with it. When the secret's out, boom, pop, fireworks.

MaryW.- I have a friend that's vegetarian, but she's a walking pharmacy, taking all kinds of pills and vitamins. But she has this: she keeps thin.

Who do you think is after Chance? Kate and Jill looked terrified by the housebreaker(s). Chance was my suspicion as the target for the break-in. How 'bout you all?

Jack knows he can get back Jabot without smiling "Boris and Natasha" LOL. But he better watch his wallet.

rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Feb 4 17:14:23 MST 2010

Well, you could have knocked me over with a feather when the Victor/Adam conspiracy came out. And then that Nick is in on it. Don't quite get that, but oh well, we shall see what happens.

Can't stand Daisy. Lauren is so gullible, inviting her to move in. Doesn't really know her. I hadn't thought of it, but if Daisy is so poor, how is she going to Walnut Grove? One of you mentioned that, I missed it. Guessed the writers did too.
Susan
Ruidoso, NM - Thu Feb 4 10:40:28 MST 2010

Thank you NC, I think you just diagnosed something for me! I was anemic during my pregnancy. I've been having heart flutters, heart palpitations, whatever they are called, lately. (When it feels like you can feel your heart beating in your throat and it seems like it skips a beat). And I'll bet it's because I'm still a bit anemic because I only eat meat about once every few months. So I'm going back to my old remedy which is more spinach and raisins, and molasses in my tea.

Acupuncture supposed to be great for pain management for the person with the "leaky gut" due to pain meds.

AI -- all I can say is that I want to throw sandwiches at Victoria Beckham.
Mary W <read from here>
CO - Wed Feb 3 17:49:55 MST 2010

Dayna: Welcome! The inconsistencies drive me crazy! Ashley is so certain of her memory of the purple cloth, yet she doesn't remember NOT giving birth????

If Adam finds out that the plan was Nick's idea, he'll probably turn the tables and work in favor of Tucker....maybe.

Cactus: I know what you mean about Phyllis. She, nor anyone else, knows that Adam switched the baby. What they DO know about him, the diary, isn't really any worse than things Victor or Jack have done. Again, inconsistency. They write it as if everyone knows what Adam has done.

The whole Adam story was bad from the get-go. No way would Hope have raised a child like that. Daniel, who had an absentee mother and was neglected by his rock star dad turned out to be a perfect, moral person and all the other kids with questionable parentage, with bad role models, all turn out great, but Adam, who's mother was a saint, gave him complete love and attention and took him to church every Sunday, he turns out to be a loathsome sociopath. I don't think so. Only Sheila could raised someone so de-void of morals.

Willie: Delete this chat book??? Say it ain's so!

It was very nice to see Rafe in a loving relationship.

lady bug
- Wed Feb 3 17:06:15 MST 2010

Willie I hope you keep posting, it doesn't have to be just about the soap.
Mary
Maine - Wed Feb 3 16:23:54 MST 2010

Phyllis wants Adam "out of all their lives." What has he ever done to her? Been at odds with her husband, but she is not fixated on Nick's happiness, only the destruction of Sharon. I am getting smarter, I have been thinking she is the one to discover the truth about Faith ... and what then?

What will Daisy do to keep herself in the home?
Cactus
nice day in Alberta - Wed Feb 3 13:56:39 MST 2010

I agree with Willie on the whole sending Eden to Paris without any checking...but i didnt see a secret call from Cane??? Hmmm except for last year when he was talking to Philip (who by the way didnt seem to create much stir in a family who has been missing their son/grandson for years).
What i have found more outrageous than the Eden thing, is that Ashley wouldnt know that she never delivered a baby. For someone like her...you think regular dr. appts would have been standard!??
Dayna <Lovlydayna@aol.com>
Michigan - Wed Feb 3 13:37:37 MST 2010

I haven't been posting lately because I really don't have anything to say- which is unusual for me! But when I tried to delete the chatroom today, my computer refused to do so, hence I might as well post something before I do a switchoff shutdown.

Sending Eden off to France without doing any checking on the validity of the invitation and the background of the people who sent it is something that could only happen on a soap. But what bothers me the most about the current situation is the mysterious phone call Cane made. I want to believe he's a good guy for Lily and that they will be happy with their offspring but the PTB keep throwing in this crap to make us leery. It seems as if hidden agendas are the stock-in-trade on this show.
Willie
- Wed Feb 3 13:07:29 MST 2010

MaryB and NC: WOW! Are there no alternative or natural ways of dealing with conditions...acu-something?

Jean: Good call on Victor and Adam...for someone who doesn't even watch the show! Regarding Idol, I don't think they regret Sanjay or will regret the new choice. Those people make good TV.

Deb: I was thinking the same thing about Phyllis. She'll figure out about Faith and then have the dilema of deciding between truth and keeping her marriage. Maybe they brought back Malcolm as a potential love interest.

I so loved when Sharon called Phyllis a bitch!

Lauren...what a dope. Connect the dots...tea=headaches. She knows nothing at all about Daisy yet determines she's a nice, sweet girl. Please let this be over and delete any thought to bringing back Sheila!!!

I think Nick is probably in on Victor and Adams plan.

lady bug
- Wed Feb 3 04:59:15 MST 2010

Am Idol....I will be glad when auditions are over. I think they have passed a few that they will regret passing. Remember Sanjiah?? e gads. Already heard that Simon and Ellen are at each others throats. Ya think, two huge egos as big as a house.

Nite
Jean
Houston - Tue Feb 2 22:22:43 MST 2010

Marybeth!!! good grief woman...I too have a touchy stomach with certain meds eating a hole in it...eat lots of green leafy veggies and liver or as couch use to say libers...lolol...I have prenicious anemia and alway saty borderline...and the iron meds rot my gut too...I take prenatal vitamins till my stomach hurts then off for a month then start back...I take B12 shots monthly...sure glad to hear your feeling better...sometimes your heart will flip flop around when your blood is low...did yours???
Good old red wine helps too...lol "hic"

NC
almost time for nite nite...nite chet... - Tue Feb 2 20:20:53 MST 2010

NCIS:Los Angeles is on right now and the actress who played Mrs. Foster on Y & R is on it.
Mary
Maine - Tue Feb 2 19:15:45 MST 2010

I just read that Tracey Bregman has played Lauren for TWENTY-SEVEN years! That is amazing.
Her sickness right now, makes me get sort of nauseated too.

I forgot to tell you all about my adventure last week. I was nauseated and lightheaded for several days, and started feeling very weak. A trip to the dr. found I was very anemic and needed 3 units of blood! My arthritis meds ate two holes in my stomach. They had quit bleeding, so after the new blood, I was feeling fit as a fiddle.I have to work out some new meds for aches and pains, and get my hemoglobin up a couple more points.

Writers are getting me all mixed up about who's working for who and who's a spy and who's going down. LOL.
Cannot wait for the baby news to come out about Faith.
MaryBeth
- Tue Feb 2 15:01:23 MST 2010

Cactus - don't you think Phyllis will discover the baby is Nick and Sharon's and keep it to herself!!

Adam sure plays his role well.....God I can't stand him!!!!

Looks like things are going to start moving along with Daisy, Ryder, the baby & Adam.....maybe all our complaining about the sick and rotten storylines is workings. I still say hurry up and give Nick and Sharon their baby back.

Imagine the "real" punch Victor will give Adam then, and wait until Nick gets his hands on him. Thought it pretty out of whack that Nick did not step in to protect his father who just had a heart transplant when Adam threw the punch at Victor. Even if their all in a conspiracy together....made me think Nick knows about the Victor/Adam arrangement.

All the kids should get out of Genoa City....maybe somebody should bring the Pied Piper in.....surely he would lead them to a better place than their screwed up families. Oh well,, blood is thicker than water.

Why do they always play Phyllis as so "Lusty"., she acts like she is 16 around guys. I suppose they think it is sexy....seems more sick, now there's a storyline send her off to the sex rehab clinic Tiger is at and she can solve the mystery of the golf club smashed windows.

Deb
- Tue Feb 2 14:13:14 MST 2010

JEAN: You are too smart, I really didn't see it coming.
WHy does Phyllis insist on shooting herself in the foot? She wants to see Sharon's face when she finds out what pond scum Adam is, and yet Phyllis doesn't think this will bring Sharon and Nick closer again? DUH!
Cactus
In Alberta where our snow is melting - Tue Feb 2 13:47:27 MST 2010

NC - I want your broc cheese soup recipe. Gag, I got some at Chili's about a month ago and your spoon would stand up straight in it. I mean, add some liquid. I sent it back twice, and finally told them to bring something else.

For all you people that like winter, you can have my weather. It sucks!!!

Later
Jean
Houston - Tue Feb 2 12:01:44 MST 2010

Well we survived the snow and ice storm to just get both again everyother day BUT wait another BIG storm coming in friday thru monday...geesh...in all we got abot 8-10 snow and bunches of sleet and ice...enough to pull the gutter on the front side of the house away...
I've done nothing but cook and read...we did venture out yesterday...I felt like I was let of jail (*_*)

Yelp Jean said last week she had figured out about Adam and Victor...
Oh gosh I hope Ashley doesn't go off the deep end...
I really think I like this Tucker better...at least he looks neater...lolol
A friend of ours home burnt right after Christmas and they have already leveled that shell and got some supplies in to start building when weather clears...we must have better Home Owner Ins than Sharon...lolol I think I'll call my home owners after while and see what our time would be...just because...

nurse connie
toots I made oatmeal cookies !!! Tonight is broc/cheese soup with ham sandwiches... - Tue Feb 2 10:33:42 MST 2010

More weather: Sounds like Seattle would have been a great place for some of us to be! Our January was great, too, usually the last two weeks are the coldest of the winter. But we had those in December.

The fabric is a bloodied piece that Adam told Ashley was stuck under the front bumper of her car and she had run into someone. Probably Nikki and could have killed her. Now he says she was hallucinating. But WAIT! Will the fabric be found?
Cactus
- Mon Feb 1 21:35:09 MST 2010

weather report -- seattle has had the driest and warmest january in history -- no coats or umbrellas needed -- this is NOT the kind of winter i enjoy although i think basyl got to drive his convertible with the top OPEN every single day in january -- and he insists that it has to be at least 50 degrees F in order for him to do that

i, myself, would prefer a bit nippier weather and some snow -- at least at our cabin in the mountains

i am concerned that Vancouver will not have snow at many of its Olympic venues

nothing to say re Y&R, except that even your posts are not very enticing !!!

adb
seattle - Mon Feb 1 21:14:50 MST 2010

Really?
We find out the truth behind the "rift" behind Victor and Adam. What does the fabric have to do with the Ashley situation?
Sherri <sherriegan555@yahoo.com>
Davis,ca. - Mon Feb 1 21:03:19 MST 2010

Jean - Oh. Misconstrued, eh? Yes, that was something I noticed in the CB 'bout two weeks ago and thought, "Wow!" Oh well. Haven't been seeing Y&R consistently enough to make great conclusions. Sorry.
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Mon Feb 1 19:21:55 MST 2010

Wow, it never occurred to me that Adam and Victor could have a conspiracy going. It's possible. But the noose keeps tightening for Adam. I am dreading the emotional breakdown of Sharon when she realizes how she has been used in the worst way. And Ashley, too, realizing how she was betrayed.
rcsmiley: My husband works for a company in Raleigh. Having lived there, we know what happens when it snows! You are right, it's not so bad if you are prepared. Believe me, we prairie people are PREPARED! I can't believe we have made it through January. We will still get snowstorms, but the brutally cold weather should no longer happen from this point on.

Cactus
Alberta, Canada - Mon Feb 1 19:18:35 MST 2010

RC - I told NC last week that Adam, and Vic were in this together to get Tucker. Ain't hard to figure out this show. And I thought the dye thing in the loo was just a comment by someone in chat. Maybe I missed that show, since I've only been watching again the last couple of weeks.
Jean
Houston - Mon Feb 1 18:26:15 MST 2010

Mary - All of you in Maine are used to this weather. Here in Virginia Beach they say, "If it happens every 10 years, what's to prepare?" Well now they/we know. Without sufficient shovels, heavy enough coats, boots, proper car cleaning for ice/snow, and some roads not sufficiently cleared, just getting out to purchase such things seems impractical. At one time we had snow shovel, salt, bags of sand (weight for traction), long ice scrapers, and...well, you get the picture. Someone convinced my mom to toss the stuff ten years ago. Boy, learning the hard way, eh?
> This is actually for everyone, especially those in OH, CO, NJ, PA, MASS, VT, NY, TE, NC(do you believe it snowed in the Outer Banks?), and, well I could go on, but...Anyway, BRRR.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Feb 1 17:11:52 MST 2010

Today's show - Adam learned today you don't mess w/ the Vic. He's a boxer in pretty damn good shape. Pow! Adam down for the count. "You're a poor excuse for a Newman!" Now all that's left is for Ashley an Sharon to find out about their babies.

Lily's gotta change that dumb cap. Looks like she's gonna break dance right on the set.

Did Emily ask Jack to close his eyes so she could say, "Ts-ta! Here's Patty! (You remember when Patty dyed her hair in the loo.)

*>It's a charade!- Victor staged the punch to make Tucker doubt Adam's credentials and to get Chancellor back to Kay. How 'bout that?
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Feb 1 16:48:31 MST 2010

Mary in Maine...your kind smile must make many students with different accents and clothes feel at home. You're the best!
MaryBeth
- Sun Jan 31 13:45:41 MST 2010

It is COLD here in Maine, but warmer than yesterday when the winds made it 25 below at times. It was 21 above this afternoon.

I went to see Leap Year today and enjoyed it, loved the scenery of Ireland. It is the only country I ever thought I would really love to travel to if I could travel to any. I love the traditions, the sound of the Irish language, the music and dance of the country and the people. I once expressed that sentiment to a professor at the college I work at who was visiting from Ireland and he took me by the arm and walked me to the window to look out on the green lawn with the rain coming down and said '"you don't even know it, but you are already there"!

One thing I love about working at the college with all the young people from all over the world, the accents, the different types of clothing, the countries that I will never see, but through the smiles and eyes of these young people I know that we are all the same in all the ways that count.
Mary
Maine - Sat Jan 30 19:16:54 MST 2010

Nurse Connie: We did not get snow BUT oh mercy it is soooo cold. I have not ventured out..The mail can stay in the box.. Saturday mail mostly ads any way..Buffie, does not linger outside :O)
Have you made chocolate chip cookies with peanut butter? Delish!! I made a batch this morning, a favorite recipe,.
Toots
BRRRR in Ohio - Sat Jan 30 16:54:13 MST 2010

Love The Young & Restless When is the truth coming out about Adam COME ON its time Sharon & Ashley find out about Faith Victor nailed him & didnt even know all the facts
Cherrie Baker <cherriebaker1@yahoo.com>
Bloomington Il - Sat Jan 30 14:41:51 MST 2010

MaruBeth : No, MB, just that one, in a colloquial sense, provided he's not Victor's son; which, if he is, would thus illustrate Tucker's predisposition for shrewdness. Otherwise he's just a colloquial....

Virginia, No.Carolina, Tenn., Kent., MD, PA, DE, and futher North have been hit hard by SNOW! VA Beach got 6 inches with more to come tonight. Northeners are mostly set for this stuff, but not down here. I threw out my boots, heavy parkas, shovels, and whatever else. You know what is said on "Survivor", "Expect the unexpected". Well, here we go.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Sat Jan 30 14:28:34 MST 2010

For the first time, I have sympathy for Abby. She's acting out her insecurities. Victor's response to Noah that he is just "too young" to understand doesn't help Noah's angst. This is a life lesson on how adult decisions can effect young lives with lasting negative effects.

Sharon is the blind one in that marriage. Give your head a shake, girl.

In spite of our gripes about storylines, Y & R has awesome mature actors, don't we? Catherine, Victor, Jack, Jill.
Cactus
Alberta, Canada - going to the RV show in the big city today - Sat Jan 30 14:02:31 MST 2010

Ok lets see if I can sort out the whole Tucker, Kay, Brock situation: Kay was from a wealthy family she married Gary Reynolds who was Brock's dad. Brock and Gary were in Europe and Kay had an affair with her husband's best friend Judge Arthur Hendricks. Being afraid of loosing her husband she gave her baby after it's birth to her friend Charlotte Ramsey who was to give it up for adoption. Brock's dad died and Brock and his mom became estranged after she remarried Philip Chancellor 11 and Brock left(with his inheritance) to party it up while attending college. Brock finally got his life together and he and Kay got back together, although knowing what she had done behind her first husband's back and never knowing the child she gave up and the hurt she had brought Brock caused her to turn to the bottle only to have that create more problems for her (affairs with the stable boys) while married to Philip and became a lonely spiteful woman who employed Jill to be her companion who ended up having an affair and falling in love with Kaye's husband.

So Tucker if he is Kaye's child would have to be younger than Brock so perhaps that is why they switched actors since the other Tucker looked older than Brock.I think at first they met to have Tucker step in as a business man in place of Victor if his contract couldn't be worked out and then when it was they changed things to have him be Kaye's child.
Mary
Maine - Fri Jan 29 19:41:42 MST 2010

Yes, I was just supposing about the three bad boys. DOubt if Kay and Vic every shared the sheets. ONE NEVER KNOWS IN GC.

So are all bastards shrewd? Probably not!RC

I just want to throw eggs at Sharon. WHAT is she thinking?
What was the deal will the pink blanket and the fabric Ashley.
Nick needs to go back to acting class again. He isn't "reading his lines" as well.
Looks like Ms.Phyllis is going to explode soon. She's jonesing for a fight with just about anyone who'll stand there 10 min and agure.

You all with the snow...enjoy.
MaryBeth
- Fri Jan 29 19:08:01 MST 2010

Oh, yes. I forgot. We in Virginia are supposed to get 6 - 10 inches of snow by tomorrow night. Local supermarkets are packed, with lines going down the aisles. Snow may melt in 2-3 days, but Wow. I'll keep you posted.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Fri Jan 29 18:50:56 MST 2010

NC - Yes, Adam's eyesight HAS improved, hasn't it? I always thought Adam had "convenient blindness", where he'd see where and when he wants to see and feigns blindness to excuse what he doesn't. Admittedly, I think I do that with my memory gaps, sometimes; but that's my own way of excuse sometimes; "Well, I have a bad memory, you know." Sigh.

Mary Beth - Always enjoy your insight. It may be possible, though I dislike the thought, that Tucker could be another of Victor's sons, since, as you noted, Tucker's cold business practice shows he's fruit
"fallen not far from the tree" as they say. Or he could just be a bastard, as they also say (taken to mean as you'd like). Nonetheless, he's shrewd, like Victor.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Fri Jan 29 18:41:49 MST 2010

Happy Winter to everyone.-I think the new Tucker is not as good as the old Tucker.I hate when they change people on the show.-Hope every one is doing well.-I would if Sheila is not the mother of Daisy and Rider.It would be good.I just loved Sheila and Loren together.
kim435
Minnesota - Fri Jan 29 18:37:17 MST 2010

Hi everyone -
As many of you have said, it's amazing ho these kids grow like sprouts. I mean, has the story passed 2 years already in 3 months?

Ah, love goes were it's sent. Seems Sharon is so enamored with Adamthat she can't see him for who Victor describes he is (provided the Vic's descriptions are true, and not emotionally driven, as by anger).
>And everyone's gonna show up at the club restaurant at the same time! So much for quiet dining, eh?

I still think Mac bearing those twins for Lily and Caine is an honorable thing. Just wish she would smile about it more. Don't you?
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Fri Jan 29 17:59:14 MST 2010

Wasn't Catherine messing around with some fellow that turned out to be a judge?? Several years ago he had showed up...around the time Jill and Mrs C where going through their mess...

Boy Adam eyesight sure has improved..walking in the club right in Victor's face...wow weeeeeeeeeeeee

Yard is covered now...and sleet mixed in with snow now...

Got to go put clothes in dryer...we may be cold if electric goes off BUT we'll have clean drawers...lololol

NC
Are you all buying Girl Scout cookies...just placed my order Thursday... - Fri Jan 29 16:37:23 MST 2010

What I remember is that Mrs C was fooling around on Mr C while he was over seas. Thus, Brock. Could be wrong.

I think that Victor will buy Jabot, and trade Jabot to Ashley for the ranch. Just a thought.
Jean
Houston - Fri Jan 29 15:28:03 MST 2010

Tucker, Victor, Adam and Jack....all have abandonment issues. Wonder who Tucker's father is and why it's never come up. I think Victor is too young and they, Katherine and Victor, would remember. Wonder who Brock's father is. It wasn't Phillip.
lady bug
- Fri Jan 29 15:20:18 MST 2010

Just wondering if maybe Tucker isn't Victor's son too. They are pretty much bad boys like Adam.
MaryBeth
- Fri Jan 29 11:37:13 MST 2010

the man victoria rowell just married, artist radcliff is a wonderful artists. i also have a fun past with him starting when i was around 21 when he had the biggest crush on me, and ending when i ran into him a few times in atlanta right before and through his engagement. i don't mean to imply we were dating during that time. During the past three years, we were just friends who ran into each other a few times and had a few four hour long telephone conversations that brought closure on the earlier time in our lives.

i think they will make a truly great match. congratulations on their marriage!
nikki <energ555@yahoo.com>
ny - Fri Jan 29 10:53:49 MST 2010

Forget the ark we need a SLEIGH with horses to pull it...it's starting here...all cars full of gas...generator setting on ready with extra gas to fill it's tank...I'm sure there isn't a loaf of bread or milk in the city or the county...lolol
Now they are saying 10-12 inches here more in higher elevations...plus sleet and ice...
Don't mean to act stressed over the situation...BUT we just don't normally get this type of weather and we are so mountainous (sp)...and our two snow plows...lolol...as long as we keep power...i'll be fine...can't stand to be cold...

toots I don't think you'll get much of this but the cold air...stay safe.

NC
In a way it's more fun to prepare for this then getting ready for Christmas...crazy...yelp that's me (*_*) - Fri Jan 29 09:13:15 MST 2010

pinkie make sure hubby isn't getting early CHF with his "cough" when he lays down...how's his sodium intake?...does he have any edema around his low back area? Hope he and yourself are getting some good rest now...blessings

adb - no I haven't deface booked you...either

I too thought Catherine would blow a gasket...
How can Adam keep all his lies seperated...

NC
Dreading this freezing rain coming and snow...checked supplies today...we're ready - Thu Jan 28 22:12:06 MST 2010

Just a note to mention that Victoria Rowell will be on Ghost Whisperer tomorrow night on CBS.

Toots, good luck !

Snowing in Maine today and into the night.
Mary
Maine - Thu Jan 28 22:00:01 MST 2010

To me it seems so very obvious that Victor has sent Adam to the enemy camp as a mole thus they must be estranged to the world and "hate each other again". Maybe if Adam manages to take down Trucker how can he ever be redeemed when He stole his own wifes baby...my my!
shoe
- Thu Jan 28 16:19:11 MST 2010

LadyBug : Agree w/ what you said about Catherine's major concern (not being her long lost son or his welfare). This Daisy chick has to be plucked out of the story somehow....She's necessary for the drama but she's unsettling to viewers who know the truth about her...the framing of Eden for her deeds is taking too long to disprove. Oh, and Mr. V - His first and only tactic is to get Jabot before all else, it seems. Even before his friend Catherine's company concerns. Sad.
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Thu Jan 28 14:55:45 MST 2010

Adam must have had an "Amazing Grace" moment...he was blind but now can see.....

So Victor is outraged that Tucker stole Katherine's company, yet doesn't hesitate to try to get Jabot again.

Can't Katherine have one mother/son conversation with Tucker without it being about her precious company? She has yet to show the slightest curiosity about him and his life. Like, by the way.....were you married, do you have any children....do I have grandchildren?

I like Abby better as a bad girl drunk. I hope they stay with the story. At least it's real...not like the Daisy craziness. If she's poor, why is she going to Walnut Grove? Why doesn't she go to public school with the other po' folk so she can fit in. So ridiculous that Lauren believes every word she says but then believes Eden is stalking her, even though this stuff shows up the same day Daisy moves in.

lady bug
- Thu Jan 28 13:43:33 MST 2010

Oh MY GOSH when Emily said she had a surprise for Jack I thought OH MY GOD Im right.. On all that is holy it was just a thought that popped into my head about her dyeing her hair Blonde. Do you think that is what will happen???.. and Assman walks into a room full of people dark on top of it and walk's right up to Daddy's face!! PLEASE!! ...
Pinkie
- Thu Jan 28 12:19:13 MST 2010

Why do all the Y & R babies wear hats, even when sleeping?
I like the new Tucker. He has a believable ruthless edge and is a very good actor.
Oh, no, now we have to watch the disintegration of Michael and Lauren's relationship after years of wedded bliss. Evil evil Daisy.
The Eden leaving school to visit some unknown aunt in a foreign country is a stretch. Perhaps it is the only way they could give Noah his leave from the show. Will they both come back with a little EdeNo?
Cactus
canada - Thu Jan 28 06:29:17 MST 2010

Ahem...I should have said, "I'll be baackk!" Anyway, heard that the new Tucker arrived today. Wonder what you ladies will say about him.
The State of the Union just began.
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Wed Jan 27 19:11:28 MST 2010

with all the life like baby dolls you can buy (I almost bought one) why !! Oh WHY do they constantly have a bundled up doll with a HAT on!! I just wanted to scream!! ITS A DOLL!!! then we get a glimpse of a real baby .. IDIOTS
Pinkie
- Wed Jan 27 16:43:27 MST 2010

Hi, gang!
You know, I thought for weeks that Adam had "convenient blindness", the kind in which he was blind when it was convenient for him not to see properly or to see only what he wants to admit. But now, as many of you have said, Adam sight appears unimpaired. No banging into walls, no groping around (except for....), and he stares directly into the eyes of his father in his anger before he storms out the door.
Adam has also noticed, I heard, that Sharon nestles more with Ashley's baby than he'd like to see.

...to be continued...
rc smileyv
Virginia Beach, VA - Wed Jan 27 16:06:45 MST 2010

adb and Mary B I sent you the link to the pic of Vic on FB
That's right Mary B....who is Jill's bio mom??
Mary W
CO - Wed Jan 27 16:02:37 MST 2010

Ashley needs to get her baby some onesies!

lady bug
- Wed Jan 27 14:37:06 MST 2010

adb...I'm on facebook too, and every now and then I take a break. So I didn't defriend you. I looked for Newman site. Just not sure which one MaryW does.

Nikki Jill has one too many mothers. Mrs. Foster was a wonderful woman and Jill was one hard daughter to raise. If Jill was adopted did we ever find out who her real mom was if not Catherine?
MaryBeth
- Wed Jan 27 14:35:12 MST 2010

i think i like the new tucker. he looks more serious. but i like jill with the other one. she needs a sensitive man after her fake mother totally disregarded her. crazy.
nikki <energ555@yahoo.com>
ny - Wed Jan 27 10:37:42 MST 2010

mary w -- how come i'm not in on that facebook / victor newman thing ??? -- i am on facebook and jealous -- clue me in on how to get with you guys -- ????? -- have i been DEFRIENDED ??? --- aaaaaaarrrgh
adb
seattle - Wed Jan 27 09:22:58 MST 2010

Ladybug - loved your comment about Brock being in Haiti. Lord knows they could use all the help they can get......surely Mac should go with him.!!!

I read in the paper today that Thugs and gangs are trying to take over in haiti and the police had told residents to "killthe thugs", swear, it's in todays paper.

Me too love Billy and Chance both do a great job at acting.
Also think Chole is a great actress as is her baby...best baby for the camera Y&R has had in a long time and the first baby who actually responds to those talking to her. the others always seemed to not know their mummies and daddies!

NC - I am with you....hear me screa NO MORE SHIELA!!!
Daisy must be sheila's daughter now the likely hood of Sheila having hooked up with Bad Tom.....well it is Y&R.

Victor......get a heart! (Colleen must be turning over in her grave).

DUH! on the information in Eden's binder talk about drawing specific attention to it.....Lauren's headaches must be making her stupid as well. Reason to pick on Eden is to get Noah and also destroy "everything" Lauren has....mmmnnnn wonder what Daisy will do to Fen.??

Deb
- Wed Jan 27 09:22:46 MST 2010

Goodmorning everyone ,
MrP is sleeping in his recliner CAUSE he cant sleep in bed laying down coughs more. Men are NOT good patients PERIOD!!!.nuff said on that...

reY&R ..Ladybug I agree100% with what you said about Catherine well said..
ASSMAN needs to go already .Im so sick of him getting away with everything EVERYTHING & BLIND I can see and I walk into a doorway . my arms have bruises to prove it. can look right at something and Not see it!! But miracle man assman walks into strange Office & house with no problems.. Grrrrrrr...
LOVE Billy Love him alot ..
Pinkie
- Wed Jan 27 07:54:56 MST 2010

Watching Y&R I actually forget that Pattie and Emily are the same person, actress wise. So, I guess that makes her a very good actress.

Billy, very cute and sexy. (Although Chance is more my type....if I were 20 years younger....LOL!) He, Billy, emotes too much for my taste, but is still an excellent actor. I predict he'll go places.

I'm hating the Daisy story more and more. I think it was very irresponsilbe of Amber to give her a job recommendation (which caused Lauren to hire her) when she (Amber) only knew her for five minutes.

lady bug
- Wed Jan 27 04:48:28 MST 2010

Also, Hey Everybody! Those of us on facebook are really enjoying it on there! For example, we are all making comments under a big picture of Eric Braeden, c'mon, you gotta join in the fun!
Mary W
CO - Wed Jan 27 00:39:17 MST 2010

Wow, Couch must have been one funny gal, I was seriously LOLing at "that face that Nikki makes, looks like she is smelling something bad!" Hysterical.
Mary W <read from here>
CO - Wed Jan 27 00:37:34 MST 2010

Y&R - all I can say is Billy is a wonderful actor. AND not hard to look at.

NC - I to thought about Adams excellent eye sight now a days. I saw the scene where he had the fight with Nick, and was throwing excellent punches. NO WAY. Nick would have him beat to a pulp in no, time. Hey just trip him, easy.

MaryB - We moved cause we didn't have anything in common with the neighbors. When we moved there, people were empty nesters, about our age and then the young crowd with babies, and kids playing in the street came in. No connection. We didn't even wave Hi. Now we are the youngest in the hood, and we all are close. Two neighbors even have keys to the house.

Toos - I envy you regarding your Buffie. My Buffy used to ALWAYS lay next to me as I read. I miss her so. So enjoy. Okay, enough.

Later - Had beef stroganoff, over noodles, with salad tonight.

Jean
Houston - Tue Jan 26 21:46:53 MST 2010

e.e.payne : You remind me of e.e.cummings, an American poet, I think, who, like you, wrote in lower case. Well, now that you're impressed (lol)

Now that Adam has jumped to the Tucker side, maybe, somehow, all his evils will come to light and Victor will iron all his suspicions about Adam like a 'press on' sticker and put Adam in the can. What do ya think?

We all know that Daisy poisoned Lauren and that's why Lauren has those headaches. It was an eye-opener, but no surprise, that Daisy is making Eden take the fall for all those crimes Lauren saw in Eden's looseleaf. Why? Is it just for a dislike of Eden?

Can't wait 'til we see nutty Patty looking like Emily. BTW, the actress as Patty/Emily I think is doing a fine job.
When is Gloria gonna stop behaving like Gloria Steinem, buying the most expensive things in GC and humiliating those around her? When she finds she has no money, maybe she'll "come home" to reality.

rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Jan 26 21:03:17 MST 2010

adb: I always have to laugh when I see Nikki make that face. I remember Couch used to say that she looks like she just smelled something really bad! She does!

EE: If you go to the top of your screen, click "view", then click "text size" you can make the letters really big.
lady bug
- Tue Jan 26 20:40:06 MST 2010

e.e. payne you already seem as if you've been here a long time -- so good you decided to join

some of us don't even watch y&r any longer because we cannot stand the silly writing (and the bad acting) but we stay on just to keep in touch with our ethernet friends !!!!

BTW, i did watch for about a half hour yesterday and i thought catherine was gonna have a stroke because she was so upset about i-don't-know-what -- nikki with her dark hair just stood behind kay with her face all screwed up looking goofy while kay was having her upsetment breakdown -- needless to say i had to lol at the entire situation

adb
seattle - Tue Jan 26 18:58:37 MST 2010

Mary Beth: I so agree about Whoopie's hair!Try to listen to what she is saying but dang hair distracts me~~that may be my problem not hers~~:O)
N.Connie: Thought of you today. Friend called asked me to go to lunch with her, she needed to talk..We ended up at Cracker Barrel had breakfast instead of lunch..Very good!! Brrrr cold tonight. Soon as I watch Y*R I will go down with robe,gown and slippers on and enjoy the fireplace and read with Buffie by my side and a hot cup of tea..

Toots
BRRRR in Ohio - Tue Jan 26 16:32:40 MST 2010

So, EE...do what you need to do.Glad you are "out and about" with serious vision problems.

Many of have watched from the first too.While times were different for soaps, seems like the writers were more in tune with what makes the show worth watching.

NC Retirement is good isn't it? So much time to rest and do nothing afterwards. Glad things are settling in for you. (((((((((hugs))))))
MaryBeth
Colorado-ish - Tue Jan 26 15:45:26 MST 2010

Toots: LOL about Jill's hair. Personally, I LOVE her hair cut and think it suits her so well. She always has edgy hair. Also like Ashley's curled today. I can't remember the last time I used a curling iron.
Cactus
A little chilly but okay in Alberta - Tue Jan 26 11:37:26 MST 2010

whoever wrote y&r today should write it everyday!!!
victor to billy: "you interested?"

billy: i'm sure there are alot of people who would think my making a deal with you would be like making a deal with the devil."

victor: "you interested?"
nikki <energ555@yahoo.com>
ny - Tue Jan 26 11:30:36 MST 2010

toots - I understand the snow...light to heavy snow flurries since last night...they keep saying this is the preview for this weekend...yikes...Charlie fixed fried cornbread...talk about slurpping it up...leftover soup for lunch and may make some spagetti for supper tonight...sipping on no sugar hot chocolate now...yummmm

Y&R on now...
Has anyone else notice watched how WELL Adam see's now...he forgets he suppose to be almost totally blind...
Is that slut posining Lauren???
If they bring back Shelia i swear I'll *(&^%$#@#$*(&*))U&)&^%$$@$% all over the place!

Hey EE come on in and sit a spell with us...
rc hope your mom's leg is better...
pinkie how's the boy handling being at home?

Well the one year of being out of work arrived last week and I now tell folks I retired early...it feels soooooooooo much better to tell folks that...now if I can just get use to being around numerous people without shaking apart inside...
Have I told you all lately I have the sweetest grandbabies right up there with you all (*_*)

NC
Dang wind chill is 23 can I say brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...dogs don't stay out long...lolol - Tue Jan 26 11:06:45 MST 2010

i am tired of the adam ashley story line. enough already how many more evil things can this nut case cause.?i am also tired of whiney sharon.the bad thing nni am afraid of is when and if the btruth comes out about the baby nick will go to sharon.i have watched y&r since day one and bthis is the first time i have ever thought it is not worth watching
e.e.payne <ladybutterfly248@yahoo.com>
- Tue Jan 26 10:35:10 MST 2010

i am from maryland i type in caps because i have a vision problem. since the letters come out large i can see well enough to type in lower case letters
e.e. payne <ladybutterfly248@yahoo.com>
maryland - Tue Jan 26 10:24:52 MST 2010

You just type on in EE Payne. We don't type in caps though, it means you are yelling. YEP we've been here online for a while now, and a lot of us are really friends. I guess you see we constantly criticise the writers on YR, some of don't even watch right now its so frustrating. What state are you typing from?

LOL LOL LOL, Toots, "dog chewed on her hair" they call that a little chunky or piecey if you want your hair person to do it for you.
I'd say it would be the talk of the town!! Remember there was a time when they all had that MESSY look.It takes lots of product to keep it messy. I just get up in the morning and mine looks like that. PS how can Whoopie Goldberg stand those strands of dreads hanging in her eyes? It drives me crazy to watch them drooping there. I like Whoopie, but why the teen age bangs thing on an adult woman? Grrr
The broaches are pretty. I remember when lots of tv news ladies wore colorful well tailored jackets and broaches. There was a rumor that below the news desk they were all wearing pajama bottoms.

MaryBeth
- Tue Jan 26 09:44:51 MST 2010

I LIKE THIS GROUP SOUNDS LIKE A GROUP OF FRIENDS GETTING TOGETHER DISCUSSING NOT ONLY Y&R BUT PERSONAL NEWS. HOW CAN I JOIN.?
E.E. PAYNE <ladybutterfly248@yahoo.com>
maryland - Tue Jan 26 09:13:14 MST 2010

MaryW: I agree the broach looks very pretty. Barbara Walters, wears a lot of pretty ones. Broaches seem to be her thing and they seem to be making a comeback more and more.
Nurse Connie: Woke to snow covered grass and a dark day ahead..Glad I do not have to venture out..a corn bread day?? Could be :O)

Toots
snow in Ohio - Tue Jan 26 05:41:06 MST 2010

I'm confused by the Katherine story. Are we suppose to feel sorry for her? She seemed unfairly cruel to Jill as did Nikki. Katherine may have been a drunk when she had Tucker, but she's been sober many years and has had the money and resources to find him. Even now that she knows he's her son she is not interested in what happened to him after she dumped him and what his life was like when he grew up. She accused Jill of having a cash box for a heart...where is her heart? Didn't Victor snatch Jabot out from under the Abbots? Doesn't Chancelor own Jabot now? So, taking over other companies seems the norm. When Katherine decided to go public with her stock, instead of selling it to family and friends she sold it to Tucker. Now those family and friends are rallying around her as if she's an earthquake victim. And....shouldn't Brock be in Haiti helping people who actually need it??

Rant over......
lady bug
- Tue Jan 26 04:14:03 MST 2010

I do like the pretty blue broach Nikki has been wearing past couple days.
Mary W
CO - Mon Jan 25 23:56:01 MST 2010

Just wanted to say one or two things. Nikki's change in appearance typifies her age, don't you think? She's not the showgirl she used to be. Her hair and weight gain makes Nikki look....matronly. That's ok. As someone said about Kate and Jill, well they just look, well, ripened, no, well, mature. That's ok too.
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Mon Jan 25 20:51:56 MST 2010

Just watched Y&R and Jills hair looks like a dog chewed on it !! :O(
She has put on some weight also. Outside of that good acting..
Nurse Connie: IT has been another dreary day and started to spit snow I noticed when let BUffie out.. Not a good week weather wise here.
Pinkie: Take good care of your self! You and your hubby have sure been through a lot. Sure hope better days ahead for you both!!

Toots
dreary Ohio - Mon Jan 25 19:23:57 MST 2010

I meant to say that Emily will dye her hair Blonde Jack wont like it Emily will be rushed and buy a Dark Wig go see Patty and then the switch.. Boy My mind was saying one thing and my fingers were Not doing what i wanted them to do.. So SOrry ..
Pinkie
MrP is Home - Mon Jan 25 18:12:10 MST 2010

Thanks to everyone for all your prayers and concerns.
Pinkie : Glad Mr. P is now home. I know you'll take good care of him.

Friction in the Newman family; N Sr. chides both sons and Adam resigned post in Newman. Was this because he felt Victor didn't think he came up to par? Or did he think the truth might come out about his relationship with Sharon that hinged on his own guilt? Nick grinned a bit when Adam walked out, did ya notice?
The Duchess feels so betrayed; Jilly tucks in the sheets with Tucker,
who, btw, bought out his mother Katherine's blessed company, so that Kate feels doubly betrayed. Don't know who to feel more sorry for. Tuck, it seems has no care for anyone but...you know,,,himself. By the way, when does this new Tucker appear?
Well, more 2morrow, I guess.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Jan 25 17:00:34 MST 2010

@Jean: was Ellen a host of talk soup? i don't remember that.

re: newman family drama: it is so wierd for me to watch the anguish on nick's face bacause i was in a very similar place a year ago. i worked for my family and there were always people (not siblings, which really made it even worse) who thought if they could just bring me down then they could have my position as the "heir apparent." it was horrible! but the thing that made it so bad is that my parents knew what was going on and would take their side because they were afraid they would leave. this went on for years. these people would steal from my family and everything--very evil. i became so angry that i just couldn't live with myself anymore so i finally left my career and moved to new york. the hardest thing i ever had to do (that didn't concern death). anyway, i guess i needed to vent. i am still in therapy over the whole ordeal. thanks.
nikki <enrg555@yahoo.com>
ny - Mon Jan 25 11:47:51 MST 2010

PS - pinkie so glad to know Mr p going home...I don't need to tell you what to watch for...since you have been there and done that before...a soft hug for Mr.P....and a big one for you (((((((((((hug))))))))))))...prayers continuing.
Blessings
NC
Going to empty dryer and washer now.... - Mon Jan 25 11:00:14 MST 2010

PMP at the POSSIBLE changing of hair color in the toilet...lololol

Hate that Tucker is Catherine's son...
As for the giving away Tucker as a baby wasn't Catherine an alcoholic then and not in her right mind??
Me is will be a cold day in he** before I would of put my man before my children when they were smaller...thank goodness I wasn't alone in that...Charlie gave as much as I did for our kids.

toots like you it has rained...rained...and rained since late friday...huge pot of veggie soup on today...caught up on napping...read two books on third one now...washer and dryer just a humming...desk top is cleared off and house clean...and guess what weather to change to snow tonight and tomorrow...oh yeah!! and off on on the rst of the week...I can hardly wait...lolol

NC
Dark and gloomey...lights on in the house to be able to see...geesh - Mon Jan 25 10:57:24 MST 2010

GoodMorning everyone
MrP will be coming home today he had a rough road but he is ready to come home incision looks great He feels better ..
re Y&R and the Hair MAYBE Emily will dye hers Blonde and jack wont like it she will go to see Patty and then the switch will happen.. Just a thought ..
as for Tucker (Yawn) could care less
Nikki's haiir need more highlights
IM so sick of Assman i want him caught enough already

So all here my Heartfelt Thanks to you all .

Pinkie
- Mon Jan 25 08:43:09 MST 2010

Mary, I didn't see anything about the hair dye toilet. Someone else came up with that, just speculating how they would do it with the room Patty is in. I mentioned the dark roots showing, thinking maybe that was going to be a lead in to the Patty, Dr. P switch.
Sorry if you thought we saw that happening.
Susan
Ruidoso, NM - Mon Jan 25 07:54:29 MST 2010

rc: Sorry about your mom and hope she recovers quickly.
I, too, missed the hair dye scene.
Is anyone besides me feeling sorry for Jill? Catherine really lambasted her with her past failures.
Let's take a vote on Brangelina ... are the split rumours true? (Not that we haven't been hearing them ever since they got together.) I vote for them being true this time. I think Brad was just an ordinary nice guy and didn't know what he was getting into.
cactus
- Sun Jan 24 21:33:29 MST 2010

We are guessing about how the switch we think will happen will go down. We are just GUESSING these things. Maybe we could be writers. I think we were wondering if there will be a switch. I would love it if they came up with a better scenario than what we expect.
MaryBeth
- Sun Jan 24 20:40:19 MST 2010

Toots, we are getting sleet and will probably make the traveling a mess tonight and in the morning and then it is turning windy with downpours tomorrow afternoon. No doubt the roads will be an icy skating rink after that! That cup of tea that Mary Beth had with you sounded lovely. Wouldn't it be nice to live closer so we could all meet for tea!

RC I am sorry to read about your mom's injury, hope she feels better soon, take good care of her.

Pinkie I hope Mr. P is doing well,we are thinking of you.
Mary
Maine - Sun Jan 24 20:07:00 MST 2010

Brown Crayons for hair color change in - - - a toilet? Boy, I'm sorry I missed Friday's ep; Was busy with Mom needing First Aid and the Emergency Triage unit after she cut her RT Leg (calf) when she closed the car door. Blood ran like a faucet as she attempted to stop it while she cried and in pain. Took 15 stitches to close the torn skin and keep it elevated. I have to take care of her for a few days. (Sorry I wrote too much)
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Sun Jan 24 19:52:00 MST 2010

Mary Beth, Susan, how are the people from the states seeing one day ahead? Are you guys downloading it from a canadian torrent site? I watched Friday's epi and didn't see anything about hairdying or a toilet...
Mary W
CO - Sun Jan 24 18:47:16 MST 2010

Mary Beth:I think Patty, will do all you wrote BUT I think she will hang around and get with Jack one way or the other..SHE WANTS her Jack.. Watch out Jack!!!!
Yes I like orange spice tea and had two cups today. Slurp :O) Need to bake some cookies to go with it..maybe?? this week..
Toots
Still raining in Ohio - Sun Jan 24 17:18:51 MST 2010

Mary W: I would always chose my child or grandchild over anyone or anything. With Katherine, even now she chooses her company/power/money over her adult child. He has reason to be resentful.

We should be so lucky as to have Pattie take off to Puerto Rico! I see Emily waking up in the padded cell trying to convince everyone of who she is to no avail. Her craziness will cause them to up her meds. And Pattie having a great time planning the wedding with Jack. And Jack....well, he apparently makes love in the dark and has never seen either naked. Otherwise he would know it was Pattie by the shape, size and color of her....never mind.

Toots: Your weather sounds like ours. Haven't left the house all day. I like to walk too, but I'm a fair weather walker.

It's so funny here in the south. When it snows, which is about once per winter, people walk around with umbrellas!!!

lady bug
- Sun Jan 24 17:14:35 MST 2010

LOL toots, it's cold and windy here today. I just had some orange spice tea, and pretended you were here sharing. It's soo good on a chilly day, i remember you said you liked it too. Nice that you have good neighbors. I can't say mine are bad, but everyone is kind of aloof. We are the oldest and they have teenage and baby issues.

Hair thing in the toilet was a hoot. Hope TPTB will catch a hint here about that. I wondered if you could melt brown crayons(on a lightbulb) and add rubbing alchohol and dye your hair with that. You know what I think will happen. They will have Patty knock Em over the head, then switch clothes...including a warm winter hat that will cover her hair. She'll get in a cab having taken Em's purse and ID, catch a plane and disappear in Puerto Rico.
MaryBeth
- Sun Jan 24 16:13:50 MST 2010

It is a rainy dark, dreary day here in the HOOD :O) So decided to check in see how things are going with you all. I have a couple across from me that walks every day NO matter the weather! They just went by each with umbrella. AHHH such dedication to being healthy.:O) Good for them!! They are a lovely couple that keeps a close eye on me. I am lucky to have them.
Y&R is the same some good days some not so good.YEs I still watch.:O)

Toots
Rainy Ohio - Sun Jan 24 11:43:03 MST 2010

Laughed at the coloring hair in the toilet. However, I haven't ever seen a toilet in that room. Ha

I'm convinced they'll do something like that for the switch. Don't know how they will make it seem real. Ha, like very much does seem real.

I agree about sending a 15 to Paris to someone who just writes a letter and says come visit. I would think Michael would have the person checked out. He know people everywhere.

Oh well, I won't miss her. The only thing I like about her is that she doesn't trust Daisy. Got that one nailed!
Susan
Ruidoso, NM - Sun Jan 24 07:04:48 MST 2010

Mary Beth I'm a winter lover because I hate being hot so I love Colorado cold winters, I'm actually a bit disappointed it hasn't snowed more this winter.

ladybug I laughed out loud when I read "Stealing hair dye and drugging Emily and dying her hair in the toilet, blonde, and her own hair dark brown" because I thought, and this of course can all be easily done in a maximum security mental ward on a soap!

Oh and of course the workers are not checking Patty's mattress and finding the in-plain-sight hole with all the pills in it.

Sometimes I wonder why we all keep bothering to point out all the unreal-isms on the show, it's getting quite monotonous isn't it.

And ladybug, once again, our brainwaves have crossed paths and we are thinking the exact same thought when watching the same scene. ITA with you about the so-called justification for Mrs. C giving up her baby. If she gave up a baby for a man, nooooo way would I ever do that. Of course, this is an opinion coming from someone who is not in a loving relationship; I'm sure there are many women in real life who would pick their husbands over their child--personally, for me, IMO, I just couldn't imagine doing that. Because, I mean, that's your BABY, it is a part of you!

JMHO

PS...brings up VERY interesting issue though, who would you pick if you had to, your mate or your child?? Hope no one in real life ever has to make that decision.

Mary W <read from here>
CO - Sat Jan 23 18:22:08 MST 2010

The hair thing and the Patty switch is a storyline I hope works in an interesting way. It's amazing to me who the dark roots on the wig make it look so much more real. Maybe Patty will just run away and she'll be OUT THERE for a while. I don't care how we get rid of her, but just get her outta there. I read that Noah needs to take a break because he's on some kids show. Wonder how they'll do that.

It was a good mystery that Auntie thought Eden asked for the visit and Enden though Auntie asked for the visit. It's a real Willie mystery going on here. Why in jahosephat would anyone send a 16 year old to Paris to an unknown auntie without a very long telephone conversation? Wouldn't that little mix up come out of the shortest inquiry? Perhaps the happy couple will come back to H.S. graduation and off to college story( a tad quick aging story. remember when Nick and Sharon were goofy hs kids then goofy college kids in about 3 weeks.

Another quick kick to the curb would be Ryder and his mean girl sister.

The grocery story mags say the truth will soon be out about which baby mama belongs to Faith.

Love the idea of Vic wanting his house back. I like that fight.
MaryBeth
- Sat Jan 23 13:47:04 MST 2010

Susan: I was speculating myself about Patty Cake's roots. How the heck is she going to pull the switch off. Maybe she'll complain about the roots and ask the hospital to arrange to have her hair dyed. That might be too logical. Stealing hair dye and drugging Emily and dying her hair in the toilet, blonde, and her own hair dark brown....that might be more consistent with the craziness.

I also saw the pic of nuTucker. I like his looks. I think he's a little too gentle looking to take on both Victor and Jack. The current Tucker seems to be patterned after the Branson billionaire, who like Tucker created Virgin records and Virgin Airline, with a shaggy head of gray hair that looks better when accompanied with a sexy British accent. NuTucker may be more of a Bill Gates type...nerdy, glasses and pocket protector.

lady bug
- Sat Jan 23 09:19:43 MST 2010

Did anybody notice Patty's dark roots showing more than before? Maybe they are making it look like her hair is going to be dark so they can explain her changing places with Dr. P. Maybe her dark roots will grow as fast as some of the kids on the show do!! Ha! That way they can switch her with Dr. P.

I saw a picture of the guy that is going to be the new Tucker. To me, he looks much younger than the current Tucker, therefore, looks too young for Jill. Will make it look like she is sleeping with someone young enough to be her son! Oh well, we know that is possible, on soaps, especially!!
Susan
Ruidoso, NM - Sat Jan 23 08:39:27 MST 2010

Didn't see Y&R today, but I know Thad, er, JT, leaving Victor under bad terms while also disconcerting his wife is not good, as he pursues work with Tucker, whose validity as a Chancellor is still in question. BTW, if DNA tests prove he is, in fact, Kay's long lost son, will Chancellor Industries really end up in his hands? Or will Brock enter town and clean up the problem?
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA, cloudy, drizzling, and 39 o. - Fri Jan 22 16:02:47 MST 2010

NC: I so agree with you about Ping. That dress last night was the ugliest thing ever. I'm surprised that they only mentioned the models butt showing and not those ridiculous things on the side. As if every woman wants to wear a dress that makes her hips look bigger!! Jesus is really screwing up too. He needs to go after Ping.

I'm racking my brain trying to think of some happiness on Y&R...nope...can't think of anything.

It's odd to me that Nikki, in trying to make Katherine feel better, said "if you would have kept the baby, you would have lost everything". In my world...a baby IS everything.

lady bug
- Fri Jan 22 14:54:19 MST 2010

So glad Mr P is doing well as expected....many experiences with bypass machine...and it's so much better better for pt if you can avoid it...I agree Percocets tend to hurt your belly...

Only bits and pieces of Y&R for me this week...so over Tucker, Patty, evilness....where is the happiness?

Rain...rain go away and take the wind with you...we already have dafidils (sp) poking their little heads up...yikes...I dread this rain front coming from the west now...the couple of near 60 degrees was sooooooooooo nice...

Anyone watching project runway this year...ping needs to go...

NC
Toots thought of you last night when I was eating my carrots...yummmmmmmmmmmmm - Fri Jan 22 13:56:55 MST 2010

MaryBeth: I read another interview with Eric where he singled out "Sharon" "Adam" and "Nikki" as three people who warmly welcomed him back to Y & R. But, yes, also mentioned for the most part people just do their thing and go back to their dressing rooms. I guess actors do it all the time, make out with someone and then "Cut!" Of course, lots of reel romances do cross over into real romances.
Channel surfing came across "The Dog Whisperer" working with Eileen Davidson (Ashley Abbott). Lovely outgoing personality, hunky husband, three kids (possibly blended family), gorgeous mansion, pool, outdoor kitchen, grounds, etc. Unfortunately, only caught the last five minutes.
Ahead: Great acting by "Catherine", but she should give Jill a chance to tell her side of the story. Felt sorry for Jill.

Cactus
Have a great weekend everyone. Snowing here. - Fri Jan 22 11:44:06 MST 2010

ok - just finished watching Katherine walking in on Jill in the sack.

I'm thinking that THEY planned this to 'set-up' Tucker to admit to something? Didn't he say something to Jill about 'ownership?'

Do I care? I'm trying here...
david
- Fri Jan 22 11:32:27 MST 2010

What is up with the hair on the money-magnets on this show? Victor?... Tucker?... Bill Gates?...

So much ca$h - so little style?
david
- Fri Jan 22 11:08:20 MST 2010

I found this website, it has the same www and http before it. There is an interesting set of quotes from Eric Braeden. He says no one is really friends on the set, the come in do their work and leave.OKAY! you got that?

tvfanatic.com/shows/the-young-and-the-restless/

So sorry MaryW, about the little reminders. I know it happens when you lose a loved one. My dad had been gone for months and one day I picked up the phone to call him for advice. That was kind of a shock when the lightbulb went on. Aren't you sick of the chilly weather? I know we chose to live here, but there's usually more warm sunny days between the storms. OH I forgot, the stock show is in town and it's always freezing then isn't it? Hang on, maybe you'll feel like adopting a little mutt soon.
MaryBeth
- Fri Jan 22 09:57:47 MST 2010

I always think of the Newman home as "The Ranch" and Kaye's home as "The Mausoleum" or "The Chancellor Estate" and Jack's home as "The Abbott Home", a nice, big, older home with lots of amenities, yet not quite a mansion.

Nice day in Maine today, a little chilly, but the first day in about three without snow.

Mary
Maine - Thu Jan 21 20:32:25 MST 2010

Tonight was the first time I've eaten a steak without a dog at my feet in almost 18 years; what a lonely experience, and all you dog people know what I mean. ;-)
Mary W
CO - Thu Jan 21 18:56:33 MST 2010

Interesting how the former Newman house is always referred to as "the mansion." Of course they can't have a huge set, but the house never looks mansion-like to me. As a comparison, you can rather imagine Catherine's house as a mansion.
How can Victor so easily reverse a decision signed, sealed and delivered in a divorce decree?
I really like JT standing up to Victor and great lines. Didn't know he had it in him. Will certainly drive a further wedge between him and Victoria, though.
Cactus
- Thu Jan 21 18:07:44 MST 2010

MaryBeth : Really like your comments today. Nikki's hair color, though shocking at first,I guess, looks relaxing now. Maybe because it's her real color, and not so stark, bright, and bleached. Well, that aside....

Hi everyone >
> Interesting how Nikki said that Victor being away was considered to bring the family together, but rather drew it apart. As both he and she said, "The king should be in his castle, etc." So I think maybe Victor's return will bring some order into the GC families. Maybe ( just maybe) this big dinner will accomplish that.
> Emily's coordinating her wedding with Jack while her patient's having a neural breakdown. Patty can't forget the past....she's fixated on a failed relationship she can't fix (pun?).
> Seems Phyllis wants Nick all for herself. What is it with Phyllis? She wants Nick all for herself w/o distractions from job, aberrant family members, or anything else, but the goal seems unrealistic. Ecclesiastes says there is a time for this and a time for that. She seems to want it all for herself. She appears even to dislike her father in law's loving care for her daughter. She wants Nick and everything connected all for herself. This spells trouble. I'm sure you women understand divided relationships, but don't you think Phyllis is a little obsessive/compulsive about this?
> Funny how, as the Vic discourses the importance of family over all (and I agree), Smilin' Jack walks in. Patty Williams' doctor is treating Jack as well as Patty, no?

Anyway, all of you be well....Glad to hear about Mr.P

rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Jan 21 17:16:56 MST 2010

Victor's back! i love the way they write for him. "To the Family." classic!
nikki <energ555@yahoo.com>
ny - Thu Jan 21 11:04:17 MST 2010

I think Lauren is being poisoned.

I have thought the Eden character has been looking pregnant for some time and her wardrobe seems to be covering her up. Perhaps her time away is for having a baby. Anyone read anything on the web?

So happy for the "P's."
Cactus
And the good weather continues in Alberta ... - Thu Jan 21 11:00:10 MST 2010

Regarding Niki's hair, it seems to look better than when she first appeared with the brown mop thing. Seems like they've given her some highlights. When women darken their hair, I like to see the change more gradual, with darker base and more lowlights. The thought about wigs is interesting. Her blond locks were very over processed.I hope they put her in less sausage-ie style outfits, sometimes I wonder how the little lady breathes. Phyllis and Sharon and Lauren can do those close fitters nicely.
What's up with the trip to Paris? wonder who Eden's Auntie will be?YR always has people related just toooo conveniently. Who that we know is really missing right now? Would this be the sister of her mother or her father? Is her mother still out there? I notice that Eden wears lots of coats and jackets and sweaters, but her dress yesterday had such a pretty boarder print. She just isn't so annoying to me as some of you others. Many actors now have speech impediments that seem okay as the world changes.

I'm hoping the dated Newaman Ranch house..big house...will get some refurbishing. Isn't it dreadfully sagging? Lots of housing stuff now,no one is living in Nick and Sharon's house, and Phyllis wants to move off the ranch, and SHaron burned down Brad's place.Is anyone in the NEwman penthouse? Also are we supposed to believe that the magnificent bouquets of flowers at Katherine's, Victors, and Abbots are real? Are we supposed to believe these millionaires would display such arrangements in silk?
MaryBeth <Some of us just seem to be stuck in the fantasy of GC, where women clean no toilets, men spend lots of time at lunch, and children sail thru childhood at record pace>
Real life Colorado..off to clean a toilet - Thu Jan 21 10:38:12 MST 2010

Ladybug - I think you've hit it on the head with the Yummy Tea for Lauren. I thought maybe I had missed a show or something and couldn't figure out what was going on with her. I bet your right.

Hate Nicki's hair but it does look more like a wig to me - just plonked on top of her head and looks like she just came through a major wind storm.

Please, Please, stop showing Billy with booze, don't make him the next Y&R Alcoholic - he's too much fun for that.

Talk about cheap Assistant DA - though Billy appears to have enjoyed himself!!!!! They must rent those rooms by the hour!

Daisy plays her role so well, she is quite menacing.

For all the graces Victor has had in life he doesn't seem to learn from his own experiences. You'd think he'd have a bit more on his mind than being evil and mean after a heart transplant. Tucker could be the next Mr. Menace - me thinks Jack is past it.
Love to see Catherine get all fired up - go girl, give them a run for their money.

Another Please --- no more JT and Mac....can't you just see it coming?
Deb
- Thu Jan 21 10:09:36 MST 2010

Mary W: I so agree about Billy..HE has great facial expressions!! The others seldom have a smile and if so looks forced..
The scene after Heather,left his bed was good!!!
Tuckers hair needs a good styling and much cut off..He looks like a dirty old man instead of a sharp business man.
Can not say I like Nikkis hair. A wig? maybe? until her own hair gets reconditioned??
WEll time for breakfast and stop being so critical....
Pinkie: Hope you and hubby have a better day and things improve for you both!!
Toots
Ohioi - Thu Jan 21 06:09:23 MST 2010

Pinkie, congrats, good healing to Mr. P.
Mary W
CO - Wed Jan 20 23:54:30 MST 2010

Is it my imagination or is Billy the only one with a personality on this show??

PS today to feed Delia they were using a Dr. Brown's bottle--same kind of bottle I use, they are great bottles.
Mary W
CO - Wed Jan 20 23:53:16 MST 2010

Cactus - Yes, I agree with you on the Patty/Emily thing with ol' Smilin' Jack. Think he's in for it once Emily is gone.
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Wed Jan 20 19:30:05 MST 2010

Praise God! Mr. Pinkie is now ok! Our prayers were answered.

I guess it's common sense to think Daisy has it in for Lauren, though for reasons only writers can imagine. How could a smart business woman and mother like Lauren just say, "Ok," when Daisy hands her this cup of tea she made, knowing the type of girl she is (or did she?)

Can anyone suppose what the blood test will show for Mt. T? (Tucker)

I think it's swell that Amber and Daniel patched things up; they are really meant for each other.
Now with Eden off to, what is it? Paris, that opens mean doors for Daisy to walk through and havoc other lives. What if her "puppet master" (Sheila?) is taken care of...what then?
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Wed Jan 20 19:24:25 MST 2010

I found a TV channel in Newfoundland, off our East coast, which does have the show a day ahead of the U.S. I can only say Victor is certainly back with a vengeance, causing havoc at every opportunity.
The Patty story is so old and about to be recycled as she will surely pose as Emily to get back with Jack.
Neil and Malcolm ... yawn ... Neil and Ashley ... yawn ...
Cactus
Another pleasant day in Alberta and January is almost over ... yay - Wed Jan 20 15:32:13 MST 2010

Neil and Victoria (Heather Thom) had a fling way, way back. They were engaged, I believe.

Lauren is acting weird, not herself. Wonder if it's the result of the yummy tea Daisy is making her.

I think Billy and Heather's thing was just a "wham bam, thank you ma'am". He definitely had more chemistry with Victoria.

lady bug
- Wed Jan 20 14:48:26 MST 2010

just tried the site as i posted it it went right to it ..dont need the other ht tp
Pinkie
- Wed Jan 20 13:41:00 MST 2010

Mr P is doing as well as can be expected he was up in a chair off the vent but in much expected pain . they have him on perkecet which isnt sitting well with him and of course all the other lines running heather and there arent making him feel so good they are changing his meds and will removing more lines and that will help ... Nurse Connie and anyone else with a strong will can look at this site it show's Off Pump surgery.. Again THANK YOU all for your support going to work now will check in later ...
biomed.brown.edu/Courses/BI108/BI108_2000_Groups/Heart_Surgery/OPCAB.htm
you have to add the H't'tp

MrP's dr looks like a old western mexican gun slinger

Dr Rosado
www.tucsonheartsurgeons.com/index.html
Pinkie
- Wed Jan 20 13:39:34 MST 2010

good remembering adb.
marybeth
- Wed Jan 20 11:09:50 MST 2010

adb - it was Victoria. She was having Coles baby but he married Ashley instead. Neil stepped in and asked her to marry him.

Pinkie - happy for you and Mr P. Great news.
Jean
Houston - Wed Jan 20 10:56:26 MST 2010

i vaguely remember neil having a fling with another white woman on the show -- i acutally thought it was ashley -- but i might be wrong -- ???????
adb
seattle - Wed Jan 20 10:00:06 MST 2010

Well, I could see the Neil/Ashley fling coming up. After a while, they begin to run out of couples to pair up. I'm glad Victor is taking the ranch back, didn't seem right, he and Nikki not being there. He may have a fight on his hands, though. He said the girls could stay, ha!, like Ashley would ever let that happen. Maybe Abby, however, I would be hacked if I were Nikki, offering for her to help raise one spoiled brat and one baby! Oh, well, thats Victor for you.
Susan
Ruidoso, NM - Wed Jan 20 07:13:59 MST 2010

Pinkie...God is Good....prayers are answered..and you hang in there too.
sparkie
burlington,ontario - Tue Jan 19 21:39:56 MST 2010

Pinkie...soooooooooooooooooo very happy for Mr. P...and not on bypass WOW!!...and glad your home getting rest...God is good.

No Y&R for me last several days...Tucker Kay's son...oh pleazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzze...I'll be glad when they get the new guy...this one looks scum...close to the pond type...

NC
A beautiful day here...sun out and a wonderful 59 degrees...yea!!!! - Tue Jan 19 20:19:12 MST 2010

feel as if i were holding my breath all day re mr. p -- thanks for the GREAT news and, yes, praise the Lord !!!!!! (and the marvelous surgeon)

adb
seattle - Tue Jan 19 20:09:32 MST 2010

Yayyyyyyyy Mr. P so glad to hear your great news Pinkie! Get some rest and have your own little celebration!!
Mary
Maine - Tue Jan 19 19:18:52 MST 2010

Praise God
Im home MrP had a successfull surgery 4 to be exact NO HEART LUNG machine !!!! His Dr is praised on by the staff at this hospital and the one he was in 2 weeks ago when he had the cath,,,, they use his left Mammary vein for 1 and his veins in his left leg which had already been used the last bypass,, I thought it best to come home and let him rest and wake upp more then he is.. he gets a little anxious when i go in .. So Thank you everyone I know tomorrow I will go in and he will be up and breathing on his own. Thank You All for your concern . I'm Blessed to have you
Pinkie
Thank You All - Tue Jan 19 19:06:53 MST 2010

Pinkie, I hope all goes well for Mr. Pinkie and that you will be able to relax once you get home because you know he is ok. Take care of yourself.

Snow, snow, snow. It could be worse.
Mary
Maine - Tue Jan 19 15:34:29 MST 2010

adb: I forgot about Brock. Oi, how dumb. Yes, well, I'm not convinced this Tucker is the one in question. UNLESS....Unless the boy taken from Katherine post-partum and thus adopted is this son she questions. We'll find out in one or two days,

Pinkie: Quite understandably you have a lot of worries on your list (surgeon not arguing w/his wife, surgeon using mouthwash, etc.), but not unwarranted. Yet, please know that we all are praying for you. Mary B is right in saying putting it in God's hands is right.

Well, the Vic is taking over again. Hopefully he does this for all to benefit. Hope is good.
As Tucker tries to string in Hellstrom into his web, does JT realize he'll be at Mr.T's disposal only to gather info on T's sharking exploits?
I see that Billy Boy fell for Heather's hotblooded ways. Even though it was his idea, she is the "love 'em and leave 'em" type herself. But she may get him just the information he wants (info that might do good, btw)

It's a real shame what's happening in Haiti, but I hope the U.S. military can establish order as well as physical assistance to the devastated, impoverished area. Getting the guns out of looters' hands and overseeing the different military installations operating there.

rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Jan 19 15:10:50 MST 2010

Sorry, should have been "seen"
cactus
- Tue Jan 19 14:54:20 MST 2010

I guess by now everyone has been the Billy and Heather's mind blower connect. Hope it stays just a fling.

Neil and Ashley had a nice chat about tea, didn't they? Could their relationship be any more boring?
Cactus
- Tue Jan 19 14:53:48 MST 2010

Oh my dear Pinkie you are certainly in my prayers today. I think you are right about it being in God's hands. I hope that does give you comfort.
MaryBeth
- Tue Jan 19 09:55:43 MST 2010

Pinkie: Thoughts and prayers are with you and Mr. P.
lady bug
- Tue Jan 19 04:25:11 MST 2010

Mary W: Just the other day I ran into an old friend at Target and she asked me the same question as you. No, I'm not on Facebook but plan on setting up an account real soon. I'll let you know.

I don't know why but I'm glad Victor's back. Nikki's hair....too drastic of a change.

I really like the Tucker character and the story so I'm looking forward to a new actor.

It's high time, over time actually, for Nick and Phyllis to move off the ranch.

JT will be going to Mac for comfort.
lady bug
- Tue Jan 19 04:23:33 MST 2010

5 hours and counting Surgery at 630am TODAY.... WIll give a update when I get home sometime Tuesday night ,, Its in God hands now ,,Dear God I hope the Surgeon had a good nights sleep and that he didnt argue with his wife ,, And I hope he didnt forget to use mouth wash ,, Truly I hope /Pray that all will go well and i can Post Good news . Thank You all for being here for me its a comfort to know that someone out there cares and I Thank You all for that .. Sincerly Pinkie
Pinkie
C{{{R{{A{{C{{K{{{{ (ouch)Buzzzzing sound High Pitched I smell smoke !! - Mon Jan 18 23:43:05 MST 2010

rc -- brock is kay's son -- what did you mean by no sons in her heritage ???
adb
seattle - Mon Jan 18 21:29:39 MST 2010

Hi, everybody. How's the weather where everyone is? Ok here, 39degrees and cloudless til Thursday.
How is Mr. Pinkie?
Y&R : I heard that Victor demoted both his sons for their pugilistic actions, and Phyllis is not to happy with Victor nearby. I say, too bad.

Sharon's starting to ask too many questions? Hmmm. Questions of Ashley, who' s seeing too mush of Neil? Ahem. Are these writers grabbing at straws for material again? Sorry if this offends anyone.

Oh yes, this Tucker guy buys out Chancellor? Is this because he's her son? I thought Kay never mentioned sons in her heritage.
> Well, if anyone knows answers to these questions I'd appreciate it.
(maybe I'll see some tomorrow.)
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Jan 18 20:09:28 MST 2010

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (and, yes, I am yelling) ... please save Billy for Victoria.
Cactus
Nice day in Alberta - Mon Jan 18 11:09:54 MST 2010

Ladybug, are you on facebook?
Mary W
CO - Sun Jan 17 22:25:14 MST 2010

adb - we agree again about Y&R. Other than the end, it was FF for me. You know I turn on the TV sometimes and other soaps are playing, and I think, how korny. And since I haven't seen Y&R for some time, it looked the same way....korny. So obviously I'm over Y&R.

Finally warming up here.

Nite
Jean
Houston - Sun Jan 17 22:04:04 MST 2010

The new Tucker is going to be played by Stephen Nichols who used to play on Days of Our Lives and General Hospital, the article I read says that his first air date on Y & R will be Jan. 27.

Prayers to all those in Haiti and to all of their loved ones who are hoping for word of their fate.
Mary
Maine - Sun Jan 17 20:39:20 MST 2010

Loved Friday's show. That's what a good story is suppose to be. Logical and surprising. It's why we watch soaps. Too bad they used Katherine's real life son, Corbin Bernsen, to be Paul's priest brother. He would have been very believable as Kay's son...LOL!
lady bug
- Sun Jan 17 19:21:24 MST 2010

The fight scene in Nick's office could've been better, but it was good to see Victor back. Not sure what to make of the Tucker character....is he really Kay's long lost son/daughter(made to look like a 'son')? Maybe Adam will get his head handed to him.
rc smiley
Va Bch, VA - Sun Jan 17 16:26:37 MST 2010

waaaaa -- watched all of fridays and it did not change my mind or boredom level with Y&R -- actually makes me sad . . . i think the fact that i didn't know so many of the characters did not help . . . but . . . still . . . i do believe it's over for me . . .

adb
seattle - Sun Jan 17 15:40:13 MST 2010

Well, I'm glad to see everyone thinks Y & R was as good last week as I do. The best in a long time. Some real surprises!! Never thought about Tucker being Catherine's son. Is there really going to be a new Tucker? Does anyone know who is going to play the part? Anyone we know?

Can't wait for next week. Maybe Adam is finally going to get what's coming to him.
Susan
Ruidoso, NM - Sun Jan 17 15:06:17 MST 2010

Does anyone know who the father of kate's missing child is?
Annie <aperry1492@aol.com>
Hamilton, NY - Sat Jan 16 08:14:17 MST 2010

WOW you guys were right, Friday's epi was good!!
Mary W
CO - Sat Jan 16 00:11:35 MST 2010

Cactus : I guess I have a thing against rag mags....sorry, that was an incorrect statement. Yes, he does have his facts, but he gathers them like the mags

This episode was GREAT. Adam slugs Nick, and I think, "Oh no, don't mess with Nick, he'll..." and he does. He plows into his face and pushes Adam to the wall for another sock, then....they both turn their heads. It's the Vic! He'll probably grind them both for this next week. (I would have liked a better fight scene, though)

Ashley and Sharon, I don't know...they're gonna find too much in common with the baby and maybe figure it out themselves; that the late Doc Taylor had little to do but go along with Adam's plot, which is eating his conscience.

JO-Jo and this Tucker character...well, I guess next week.

rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Fri Jan 15 20:37:06 MST 2010

Cactus, another big goof, right? And now one even worse: Tucker reveals he is the sole owner of the firm being merged into Chancellor Industries. If Neil and/or Catherine did their "due diligence" before accepting the offer, they would have had to know how many stockholders there were. It is totally unbelievable that a wholly-owned company could have passed itself off as publicly traded, I think, although I'm not an expert on mergers, etc. And I don't see how Catherine's majority ownership could be so easily eliminated. Why would she have had to turn over any of her shares in order to do the merger? Of course, now that Tucker is Catherine's son, this isn't all that big a deal, right? So the long-lost child wasn't a girl, after all, or did Tucker have a sex-change operation? And now, here comes Victor, breathing fire at Nick and Adam both! Whee-away we go!
Willie
- Fri Jan 15 16:26:31 MST 2010

rcsmiley: I disagree, unlike trash mags, Billy does expose the truth. Of course, who would want their dirty laundry there for all to see.
I was taken off guard by Neil and Ashley. Wasn't that a little fast? Ashley is the "good girl" which tends to make her boring at times. Neil is so ho hum, will we want to watch these two together?
WIllIE: I was wondering if you were noticing the details of the fight. Here they are in ... what was it called the other day ... a billion dollar conglomerate? and they don't have a first aid station? Adam was using what I see around my house from time to time, a Ziploc bag with ice cubes. And Nick? Newspaper wrapped around something held on his chin. Surely they can afford a decent icepack.
I truly didn't see it coming that Ashley and Sharon would start comparing notes. I like it.
I have decided I DO NOT like Nikki's dark hair. It really ages her. I think one problem is that it is a solid colour. She needs low lights at least. On the other hand, I love Jill's haircut and Cane's new "do" as well. Are Adam and the new "redhead" Heather going to have a fling while Victoria is away? And JT and Mac back together? Now she is having twins, couldn't she keep one?
JEAN: You missed Billy and Rafe, but any scene he is in keeps me glued.

Cactus
Alberta, Canada - Fri Jan 15 14:55:01 MST 2010

Billy is going to add to his list of enemies...printing trash articles based on nonsense information (like Esquire and People, no?)
Like I said earlier, Ashley and Sharon (dumb & dumber? lol) should pull off Adam's arms for what he did. But could Sharon do that to her lover?

When will those in the Chancellor clan find out Tucker and Jo-Jo?

Adam's tale of Adam and Dr. Taylor aren't holding water with everyone, including Nick and Adam knows it.

The insurance companies are going to have a 'field day' resulting from this earthquake in Haiti. I bet the paperwork will mount. I am sincerely sorry for, and am praying for, the sufferers of this disaster. It is indeed devastating.

Adam's guilt is going to eat him.
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Fri Jan 15 11:02:37 MST 2010

I'm hoping that you are all watching~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
david
OSHAWA - Fri Jan 15 10:51:59 MST 2010

MaryW - I will watch todays and ask questions if I don't get it. Thanks. I remember the guy with the gray spot. He was the best of all of them. Greg Kennere was first, I thought he was hot. Then barf Ellen, and then grey spot guy. I gotta look up his name.

Pinkie - always a pleasure to read your posts. You are so uplifting, even with not so good news. Thoughts are with you and Mr. P.

Found out my personal trainer is into cage kick boxing!!! Blew me away. He seems so mind and shy. I knew he had a wild side, but he never told me this. (about everything else). When he moved recently I got a new trainer. He told me my old trainer came in one morning beat to a pulp!! He got called in and said you can't work here and come in looking like that. Wow, I was in shock.

Later - cold again here, but not freezing.

American Idol - forgot to mention the last contestant, the older man that sang "pants on the ground". I peed my pants. And then Randy got up dancing and singing with him. Priceless. It was in USA Today that he will be on The View on Monday. He is getting hundreds of calls.
Jean
Houston - Fri Jan 15 10:32:57 MST 2010

you need to watch because it's going to be a WHOAAAAAAAA!! WHAT???
david
- Fri Jan 15 10:25:11 MST 2010

Jean let us know if you need any catch up! I watch every day still. Hey did you watch Talk Soup when the really funny guy was on there with the little circle of gray hair just sitting there in his brown hair? What was his name he was sooooo funny!

Pinkie I love reading your posts they are so animated, you even manage to animate your husband's health issues! Good luck with those by the way and sorry that is all happening with your husband. My new year's resolution is to not take health for granted and try to get back into shape again. I'm going to take up rollerblading again, which I used to do with my dogs all the time, now I'll do it with the stroller.
Mary W <Did I mention how very strange it is not having any dogs in the house?!>
CO - Fri Jan 15 00:37:01 MST 2010

sorry for being so late, posting, but having read back to the 10th of Jan,,,,,,Ref. Batteries....Yes, was the times of 6 volt batteries and even some of the 12 volts,,,,,take them in, keep them warm,,,,but then again,,,,,,we used to have 40 below temps. Batteries would freeze up,,,,even now,,,,,,a Battery should not be placed on the floor , as it will suck the life out of it..Then again, our oils,,,,,,are diff so that engines turns over easier.....anyway,,,,,,,enough of that huh> LOL,,,,,,,,,hope to get time to read more post and comment,,,,,,,,,hard winter
Fireman
cold , finally, Maine - Thu Jan 14 22:17:39 MST 2010

Regarding the Dominican republic~ my brother is down there with family - Puerto Plata actually... he said that they definatly felt the earhtquake, but all is well on that side of the island.

Good to know!
david
- Thu Jan 14 20:16:57 MST 2010

Dint Insurance adjusters come out the day of the Fire/Flood with a check so you can have a place to live? Hotel/Motel??? .. Stupid Stupid writers .. Oh ASSMAN 1 teeny tiny step forward and off the cliff backwards to going back to being the despicable Slime ball .that you chose to become.Everyone here knew that Dr Taylor would never be allowed to tell the truth to Dumb & Dumber!! But when this all hits the fan Duck cause its going to fly for a LONGGGGGG time .. or it should if the writers do this right...
I believe that Daisy is suppose to be Sheila's Daughter the way they are having her be so cold hearted and EVIL...
Billy I do want you to take ASSman down but not before Dumb& Dumber get a hold of him and gouge out his eyes . Both of those woman should have nervous break downs , You would hope that they would have Ashley really go over the deep end when she has to give t he baby back and scream for days for ever allowing herself to stick up for him.. and Sharon!! she slept with him EEEEwwwwwwwww ..
Think they are trying to redeem Phylis ? by having her play sleuth and solve Dr T's demise?? where's Paul when you need him !!! the whole Jo Jo story boring and how many times will Katherine be taken advantage of? remember Marge?? Stupid Yawn & Repeat!! (Y&R)

How long is Lily going to wear that STUPID ski hat Oh Writers we can tell her hair is under their ... She is Pg in real life...
re Idol... I dont miss Paula she was on way to many happy pills for me I HATED how she always interrupted Simon when it was his turn to speak.. As for Ellen I Like her nothing to do with her sexual orientation .. (My brothers gay) I know she knows a good singer when she hears one . and will be fair to them.... and It seems everyone is being a little mean to the Already knew they couldn't sing contestants.. all the Judges know that they pass the bad singer through for shock value ..
it also seemed like they spent to much time on certain undeserving contestants .. JMHO..

Update Mr P
Surgery 1/19 3 maybe4 possibly 5 bypasses all former bypasses are gone, he only has 1 good valve .. they were going to try Robotic Heart Surgery but Dr thinks he can do a better job the Old way {{{{Crack}}}}}} He isn't to happy he is in ICU now as I write this had to go to ER last night with chest pains getting out tomorrow till Tuesday ...then Ouuieeeee Owwwieeeeeee .. caught off guard coughs are the killers His pillow will be his friend and a few Happy Pills .. I'm asking for a few for myself ... Have a good evening and a great Tomorrow .. {{{Huggggsss}}}} to everyone

welcome new people
Tired Pinkey But Grateful
- Thu Jan 14 19:02:56 MST 2010

MaryW - I couldn't stand Ellen way back when she was host on Talk Soup. (way before she came out). She thinks she is soooo clever. Barf.

Cactus - What day was it when you said you had to watch Billy? I still record but never watch. My favorite character.

David - Might watch tomorrow. Probably won't know whats going on tho.

Later - My personal trainer is kicking my ass, and I hate him....so thats a good sign. But I can tell the results big time.
Jean
Houston - Thu Jan 14 18:27:35 MST 2010

Me again, does anyone see this coming? They throw Ashley and Neil together and poof Dru reappears
Mary W
CO - Thu Jan 14 18:10:40 MST 2010

Just noticed on MSNBC news that the Dominicans are sending in armies for assistance. Why I don't know, but, some Haitians trying to enter the Dominican border were turned back; yet, the D-R is "doing its best", sending in supplies, water, and medical personnel to assist.
The USS Comfort, a Red Cross ship, stationed here in Hampton Roads, along with the USS Bataan, USS Carter Hall, USS Fort McHenry, with 8,000 sailors to assist in earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. Makes one feel proud to be in a Navy town, in addition to the Marine Expeditionary Force in NC.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Jan 14 17:19:45 MST 2010

WOW--Nick asking Sharon 'how many children do we have to lose before you get your act together' was an extremely low blow, even by soap standards.
Mary W
CO - Thu Jan 14 17:15:36 MST 2010

*Sorry* The country next to Haiti is Dominican Republic.
My question is, not to diminish Haiti's dilemma, but why haven't we heard also of the Dominican Republic? Just curious.
RCSMILEY
VaBch, VA - Thu Jan 14 16:46:55 MST 2010

That sly devil Adam tries to beat his part in Doc Taylor's demise by claiming he had a drinking problem. But good thing, eh?, that Phyllis asked the attending about Taylor's blood level. He may try as he will but Adam's now in deep ****t

Billy Boy's trying to become the "People Page" cub reporter of the year with this magazine of his. We'll see how many enemies he makes. Thought it was great how expressionless Mac faced up to Jo-Jo about lifting stuff (like hers) from Kay's house. Wasn't finding out Tucker was in on Jo-Jo's ploy from the beginning?

Let's all remember to pray for the Haitians and those helping them.
But what about Santo Domingo, right next door?
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Jan 14 16:35:35 MST 2010

If they bring Sheila back with a different face again--which they probably will--has anyone heard of Kimberlin Brown returning??? I may SERIOUSLY consider quitting watching!

Bachelor--eh, same 'ole, same 'ole. The girls just keep getting more shocking, in my opinion, as I am sure they are picking them this way for the waning ratings...

Hard to imagine Idol without Simon AND Paula...still do love to see the bad singers though...

Jean, I've never been a huge Ellen fan either...I just don't 'get it' why she is so popular....and that OF COURSE has nothing to do with the fact that she's a lesbian...

If Y&R did have a comment site, which I don't know if they do or not, I'll bet it would be getting hit pretty hard these days...
Mary W <read from here>
CO - Thu Jan 14 16:29:06 MST 2010

Ok I didn't all of the argument with Dr. Taylor and Adam....A pushed doc in front of a car???....Adam is getting in very deep with all his ugly deeds...

Several new folks or some lurkers coming to say hiddy...and that's what I say Hiddy Do to you...(*_*)

I knew I forgot when Idol started...well design fashion thingy comes on tonight...

Hey on fb I put a b/w picture of back in 1956?...not sure how I did it but it's on there...lolol...

Willie I keep all my flashlights...well most of them in the house too (*_*)...I have some in the car and truck glove compartment.

NC
Cracker Barrel here we come....48 today>>>YEA HAW!!!!!!!! Sun tan weather - Thu Jan 14 15:49:56 MST 2010

HO Lee Chow!

you will not expect this, Americans, and I am only saying it to get them to watch tomorrow.

"these soaps - you can miss them one month, and you're still OK"

NOPE! Friday.
david
- Thu Jan 14 15:32:45 MST 2010

Back to the baby thing, Ashley didn't know Dr. Taylor delivered Sharon's baby. Does Sharon know that Adam delivered Ashley's baby? If she finds out, wouldn't she wonder why he had never told her? I am hoping that these two women will be the ones to bust Adam eventually, as they are the ones who have ... and will be ... the most traumatized by him.
Cactus again
Not a bad day in Alberta - Thu Jan 14 13:42:23 MST 2010

WILLIE: I thought the same thing about the "months to assess fire damage." What writers won't come up with to suit their story line! They could have had the adjusters come quickly, but taken a long time to gut the house, remodel, etc.
Cactus
- Thu Jan 14 13:32:16 MST 2010

So I misspelled "ridiculous"- point well-taken anyway.
Willie
- Thu Jan 14 12:36:06 MST 2010

I tried to comment on how rieidulous it is to have Ashley tell Sharon, et al, that it would take months to even assess the fire damage since insurance companies have experienced adjusters who would be on the scene immediately and have prliminary figures almost immediately but I weas denied access-don't know why. Let's see if this goes through.
Willie
- Thu Jan 14 12:35:13 MST 2010

Wait 'til they find out the real culprit of the fire. Eden may not look so bad to Lauren (even though the actress could look less snotty).
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Thu Jan 14 10:45:57 MST 2010

I hated the way Lauren and Micheal were attacking Eden yesterday. Lauren went nuts on her! Although I am not a fan of Eden's character or the actress that plays her.
sherri <sherriegan555@yahoo.com>
Davis,ca. - Wed Jan 13 22:47:04 MST 2010

I'm sure a lot of you have seen or know this already. Mister "I've changed my life" Adam tells Dr. Taylor how much he now loves Sharon but Taylor retains his injured conscience, threatening to tell Sharon the story, when Adam shakes him and pushes him into a bus**BANG**. What d'you know...Phyllis, who hates Adam, sees this from the street. Will this spell Adam's end on the show?

Emily seems to have given Jack the best advice regarding he and Sharon. Read the chapter...STAY AWAY FROM SHARON. There is a term for his behavior, his "...but I need to help her" behavior. Alcoholics, I told, are given similar advice. We'll find out later in the month what Jack reads in Emily's chapter of that book.

(And) it looks like the typical "blame game" between Nick and Sharon.
Ladybug, you're right...teenagers are going to have sex (at least experiment).
Oh. About the battery, Willie, yes, it was a car battery, but the process might've been unnecessary, regarding worry about the cold. Fear and worry make you do things, sometimes.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Wed Jan 13 19:16:57 MST 2010

The lawyer is Rafe...but you were close Cactus.

Nick acted like an idiot with Sharon. As if he and Phyllis are never going to go out and leave Noah home alone. Or maybe they'll hire a babysitter for him!! Teenagers have sex...period.

Interesting on "Bold and the Beautiful" that Hope shows up after being "unstairs" for quite a long time. And now she is about 16. Well...yes, Hope is Deacon's daughter who was born AFTER Little "D". So I sure hope they have him age appropriate...about 18. Amber talks about him as if he's a toddler needing his mommy.

lady bug
- Wed Jan 13 15:37:58 MST 2010

I did the same thing with the same result, MaryBeth-they only ran that crawl about our opinions that one day, looks like they're screwed up yet again.

rcsmiley, don't recall ever taking batteries indoors out of the weather but I haven't had much exposure to batteries, except in flashlights. I guess you-all are referring to car batteries, anyway.

I was ready to have Adam stab or strangle the good doctor, but pushing him in front of a car in a fit of rage works quite well. But now Adam has a Phyllis problem that won't go away easily.

What Eden should have done with the card- wait until Daisy is in the coffee shop with others around and just sneakily slide it onto the counter in front of her. She would see it, recognize it, think she dropped it and put it in her purse. Bingo!

And of course, the good doctor should have said nothing to Adam-NOT A WORD! Go direct to either Sharon or Ashley and confess. Bingo!

But it's a soap, where people almost NEVER do the logical, sensible thing but rather continually expose themselves to retribution!

If I had had the opportunity to express my opinion of Y&R, I would have said: Pretty good show that could be a lot better if the PTB would stop, think and make story lines a touch more realistic, so that viewers would have an easier time suspending disbelief. Make it take a little longer to buy and sell coffee shops, bars, and so forth. Make Chance a rookie cop instead of a detective, re-do the baby switch so that we wouldn't all be groaning at how simple and unbelievable it was. Show them bribing a nurse and/or doctor to get it done. Either give Victor some employees of his conglomerate empire in addition to a couple of family members, or tone him down into a more ordinary businessman. I could go on but my point is made-most of what happens here are things that are hard to stomach.
Willie
- Wed Jan 13 15:22:37 MST 2010

Holy NOAH....Did I hear him say, "I need to use the bathroom, I'll be back" Never did I hear anyone say that on a soap.

I went to CBS site, and there's a place to do survey, when you click on it it takes you to Neilson site, but says there's no survey.

LOL LOL LOL Nick and his finger shaking at Sharon. What a dope.
MaryBeth
- Wed Jan 13 14:43:27 MST 2010

You may not know, but when you type in all caps it means you are yelling.
ell
- Wed Jan 13 14:29:13 MST 2010

O' AND HOPE IS DECAN'S DAUGHTER. DOES'T ANYONE KNOW THAT. BROOKE SLEPT WITH DECAN HERS DAUGHTER'S HUSBAND. BUT ON THE BOLD THEY DON'T MENTION HOPES FATHER DEACON NOW AMBER IS LOOKING FOR LITTLE D
PATTY <PATWAR2@MYACC.NET>
CORAL SPRINGS FLORIDS - Wed Jan 13 14:29:06 MST 2010

IDOL WITHOUT PAULA AND SIMON I WON'T WATCH IT. AND ELLEN PLEASE. SHE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT SINGING
PATTY <PATWAAR2@MYACC.NET>
CORAL SPRINGS FLORIDA - Wed Jan 13 14:23:33 MST 2010

NIKKI LOOKS UGLY AND FAT WITH THE DARK HAIR. WHEN SHE SHOWED UP CHRISTMASS I DID'T EVEN KNOW IT AS HER. WHEN YOU GET OLDER YOU GO LIGHTER WITH THE HAIR.BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL HOPE IS JUST 8 YEARS OLDER THANT SHE IS SUPPOSE TO BE. SHE SHOULD ONLY BE ABOUT 8. WHAT ABOUT THE TRAMP STEFFY. AND SHARON NEED TO GET A BRAIN.
PATTY <PATWAR2@MYACC.NET>
CORAL SPRINGS FLORIDS - Wed Jan 13 14:20:33 MST 2010

Forgot to add I know why Tucker is being replaced. What a cold fish, no personality or warmth there at all. As his acting gets worse, it must be because he knows he has been replaced by now. What a shock about him and his connection to another character.
Cactus
- Wed Jan 13 12:19:36 MST 2010

I don't know any more what is the U.S. show as all my Canadian & U.S. stations now show the same episode. Anyway, Billy Abbott fans, don't miss his interaction with Raul (seems that might not be his name, but the lawyer dude). I could have watched that scene about three times over. What a talented actor.

And the plot finally thickens with respect to Adam and Dr. Taylor. I didn't realize that Sharon and Ashley didn't know that the same doctor delivered both their children. I'm not sure why Phyllis has her nose in with Adam. You'd think she'd want his marriage with Sharon to work, not break it up. Dr. Taylor must have left some evidence somewhere in his home or office.

Even though I don't watch Ellen's show, from her reviews she apparently is a fairly decent judge. So we'll see!

Mac looks years younger with her new haircut.
Cactus
Sunny day in Alberta, Canada ... cats are lying stretched right out on a patch of sunny carpet - Wed Jan 13 12:16:46 MST 2010

i realize this is the Y&R blog, but please indulge me for a moment. i just had to repeat a line from today's
B&B (it's cousin). ridge's daughter, stephanie forrester, tells her mom and dad, as she begins her rightful ascent up the forrester latter, that she is not about to let the company be taken over by the Logans: "it's not over, i'm going to get this company back. you didn't name me Stephanie Forrester for nothing!"

oooh snap! they just spelled out her character using the past, present and future!

this is why soap operas are the best entertainment available.
nikki <gnbaranco@aol.com>
new york - Wed Jan 13 11:53:53 MST 2010

i think things are about to unravel for adam...let's hope.
nikki <gnbaranco@aol.com>
new york - Wed Jan 13 11:30:21 MST 2010

I wasn't a big Idol fan...but without Paula and Simon I won't watch it at all. I like Ellen D very much but think she is wrong for the show. Wrong style, personality. I also don't get why someone who already has a hit show needs to do something else. Why not give that job to someone who doesn't have a job. This happens all the time. I think at one point Kelly Ripa had three things going. It seems greedy to me.

Daisy is starting to seem like a Sheila clone. A sociopath with no conscience. My money is on Ryder eventually ratting her out. Something weird is going on with Lauren, a subtle change of personality. I hope....HOPE!!! that they didn't have Sheila getting surgery yet again, to look like Lauren. That would finish it for me.
That wouldn't just be lazy, uncreative writing, based, mostly likely, on budget cuts, it would be an insult to viewers. I saw that crawl too where CBS is asking people for their input on Y&R. I bet they are already getting a lot of input. And I'm sure it's not good.

lady bug
- Wed Jan 13 06:21:43 MST 2010

i just want to say that The Newman ranch could use a makeover as well
sherrilynn <sherriegan555@yahoo.com>
Davis,ca. - Tue Jan 12 20:36:02 MST 2010

What do you guys think of the Vic coming back? And what are your ops on Nikki's new dark hair? I like it; looks relaxing. Does anyone know for sure?....Is there or will there be a viewer questionnaire provided by Y&R producers? We could sure give them a piece(s) of our minds, huh?

I would like to see this Daisy and Ryder scenario wrapped up.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Jan 12 20:17:31 MST 2010

OMG -- jean -- you and i finally agree on something (love ya, but you know we're often at different ends of a situation) -- i cannot stand ellen either !!! -- hate when comedians laugh at their own jokes and she's way too over the top for me

i will watch idol this season -- at least for a while -- give it a chance, but when simon's gone . . . i'll be with jean watching something else

adb
seattle - Tue Jan 12 17:50:51 MST 2010

This show seems to go on laboriously. I mean, we know the stories, but c'mon wrap it up.

Do you folks think Ryder's gonna spill the beans on Daisy's torching of Colleen's place? We all know she hates Eden, but is that why she burned down the place? I guess we'll find out next month, lol.

Did you all notice how the baby quieted down in Sharon's arms? I think the only one who noticed was...Adam. Hmmm. And Adam seems nervous about staying in Ashley's house, doesn't he? We all know why, eh?

Phyllis just has that look of...oh, I don't know, complacent murder, when she thinks of Nick surrendering to his help of Sharon. If she can't trust her husband, she herself must be insecure, no?
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Jan 12 17:06:28 MST 2010

MaryB - is there a survey site regarding Y&R? I remember taking one back about 6 years. I would love to tell them why I don't watch anymore.....other than it stinks.

Cactus - we are going to try to watch Idol. I know alot of you like Ellen, but I can't stand her. So we shall see. When Simon leaves I am too.

NC - mid 60's today. Have shorts and a T on!! About frickin' time.

Later
Jean <love feeling the sun on my skin.>
Houston - Tue Jan 12 14:55:29 MST 2010

Once the baby switch storyline is resolved, I will be taking a break from Y & R for a time. Wish the characters would occasionally be "honest" -- like Amber hiding the fact she has a son from her husband.

Re The Bachelor, I won't be watching again now until the home visits.

Anyone still into "Idol"? Will it be the same without Paula AND Simon next year?
Cactus
- Tue Jan 12 12:41:50 MST 2010

There was a crawler on my screen during yr yesterday asking viewers what they thought about yr?

Phyllis is sure getting, well she's in a mood that seems like she'll hurt someone. But someone was right, she'll be off with her babies soon. She must be over the moon.
Somewhere I read Victor might appear this week. WOnder if Nikki will still have the brown hair. Remember back a few years ago we were all complaining about the messy hair look all the actresses had going on?
The guy playing Kevin's new brother is so hard to read.Is that good acting or bad acting? I agree with all of you about Dr. Taylor baby switch. STOP the insanity! I'm so glad there was a fire at Brad's /Colleen's/Tracey's house. It needed a new sofa sooo bad, surely there was some smoke damage. That's 80's 90's look was looking a bit threadbare.

Is anyone else just OVER the Bachelor? Too much kissing of multiple lips is getting old.

MaryW hope you are getting comfort from your lovely cozy memories of Amy. Our granddog is a golden, getting on in years. He has been so sweet to Nora. They lay on the floor watching Yo Gabba Gabba together. He's her very furry pillow. Otto has had bad hips, and knees, even surgery once. The kids will be so devastated when Otto crosses the Rainbow Bridge.

Enough from Chatty Cathy.

MaryBeth
- Tue Jan 12 10:20:03 MST 2010

MaryBeth ... PMP at the top ten list ... today we're at 31 and wind chill of 24...and snowing like crazy...I'm about over this now...lolol

rc we have too many vechiles to take the batteries out and bring into the house or garage...thanks for suggestion.

I have about caught up on all my reading...and of course frequent naps (*_*)...oh got called for crimal court jury duty too...was declined...the murder trial I've followed for last couple years...woman's husbands x2 have died strange deaths...#1 she was found guilty...and it doesn't look good for second one either.

Not much Y&R...doesn't interest me much lately...

cactus will do...
MaryW I'm trying to get the hang of facebook...

NC
Sun peeks out ever once in awhile...makes me want to dance....naked...hehehe - Tue Jan 12 10:10:03 MST 2010

MaryW: So sorry ... so many people in this Chat have lost beloved pets, haven't they? Only time ...

Y & R: Of all the scenarios re the baby switch, I never figured on "the doctor" in the mix. I don't know about y'all, but I find this story now so inhumane! Sharon and Nick holding their OWN baby which just keeps their grieving fresh. I HATE this story line, please, please someone bring it to an end. I don't think the beans are going to be spilled for some time yet.

Interesting handling of the teenage sex issue. Not sure why Lauren flipped out as she did, though. Thinking of her past, possibly?

NurseC: Was so thrilled to get your Christmas card, but not with your news. Keep us posted.
Cactus
- Mon Jan 11 22:34:33 MST 2010

Warm thoughts to you all out there in Icicle, USA. NC, everyone's advice for you sounds great...stay warm.

Regarding Y&R - Found out today that as Noah's and Eden's abode burned up, Adam saved them from the fire. That should place him in a heroic stance with the Newmans and others, no? Oh yes, I also learned that the fire was started by none other than Daisy (maybe because Eden's had her pegged from the beginning). Ashley offered Adam and Sharon a place to stay at her house, now that they themselves have no place to stay (where, by the way, as I said, Sharon will hear Ashley's baby cry, stating similarities to her own, maybe claiming motherhood and ensuing a large fight), this all because of Ashley's good hearted nature. What will happen to Kevin and Janna's coffee shop?
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Jan 11 18:03:13 MST 2010

10 things to help POOR Connie in the cold

10.Connie, you can ice skate on the pond now.
9.In these colder climes we have dipstick heaters that keep the engine warmer.
8.A coat and hat help in the cold weather
7.When the windows steam up and freeze, you can scratch little pictures one them
6.Memories of a warm day on the porch are more special now
5.People always look so kissable with red noses and red cheeks
4.THe hardware store has things like hand warmers, ear warmers and you can get cars with seats that warm up...bun warmers.
3.Nothing nicer than a warm bed on a cold nite. Those antique bed warmers in the barn still work
2.Gives SPOONING a whole new value.
1.DO NOT, DO NOT EVER put your tongue on the flag pole. IT freeezes there and it will stay like that.
MaryBeth
- Mon Jan 11 09:26:49 MST 2010

....and Mary there's another little Amy out there who needs you too.When you are feeling better, maybe you'll find her.
MaryBeth
- Mon Jan 11 09:19:53 MST 2010

Thanks everyone for your Amy comments, today was the first day I haven't had a dog in almost 18 years, it was soooo weird to not have a dog to take care of today! And my footwarmer at the foot of my bed is gone!

Welcome to Facebook Nurse Connie!
Mary W
CO - Sun Jan 10 22:59:30 MST 2010

Of course, batteries aren't made like they were 30-40years ago, so such a procedure as I just mentioned may not really be necessary. But, like I said, it's a suggestion. Does any one else concur? Willie?
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Sun Jan 10 19:01:00 MST 2010

NC - A suggestion...take the battery out, wrap it in a towel, and bring it in the house overnight just to keep it warm. If the water freezes the chemical reaction will fail, Keeping it warm prevents this, temporarily, of course. I remember doing that in NY on cold, cold nights.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Sun Jan 10 18:55:59 MST 2010

MaryW - poor Amy...the only good you can find is she isn't suffering now...((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))

Mary I soooooooooooooooo agree about God turning up the heat...we got to a whopping 29 today...still lots of snow and ice on our roads. This coming week it's suppose to get to 50...I just may lay out in the sun that day...lolol
We've had one battery to free in Charlie's mustang...
Pond has a layer of four inches of ice...
Heater unit just a humming...next month we'll have to eat bologna for sure when we get this month's bill...lolol
The two heat units at our church blew mid saturday...and it was cool there...our pastor was teased about needing to preach hell fire and brimstone to warm us all up (*_*)

Ok Phyllis will be taking off soon beacuse of her new baby...will Nick rush to Sharon with the fire incident and Phyllis take off???
Victor should be back soon too...

NC
Be safe and warm and use common sense when using space heaters too. - Sun Jan 10 16:50:17 MST 2010

Mary W. - As I said, I can really sympathize with your terrible loss. When we lost Annie to kidney failure, I cried like a baby. Sorry . May you at least find comfort knowing you are not alone. The Lord will comfort you. Just keep Amy in your family conversations and keep the memories fresh. God bless you.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Sun Jan 10 16:18:21 MST 2010

Mary W...sorry to hear about Amy. i didn't realize how hard it was losing a pet, until we had to put our dog down..it is so very hard. time is a healer, give little Claire extra hugs from Amy.
sparkie
burlington,ontario - Sun Jan 10 15:19:17 MST 2010

MaryW, so sorry about Amy. WHat a friend she's been to you. Hang in there.
MaryBeth
- Sun Jan 10 13:43:18 MST 2010

Mary W : So sad to hear about Amy...I know its always hard losing a family friend, sorry, member like that. May the Lord comfort you at this time. Amy must've been a real sweetheart.
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Sun Jan 10 13:08:12 MST 2010

oh pinkie -- my prayers are so with you and mr. pinkie -- what troopers you BOTH are -- bless you both

and

mary w -- your post made me cry -- how sweet of amy to wait until you had your little girl -- perfect way to think of amy, her life, and her love for you

re Y&R -- since i do not watch it any longer, i do not even understand the story lines you all are talking about -- which is so interesting to me since i have watched the show since day one -- and, even more interesting to me, is that i don't care . . .

hugs all

adb
seattle - Sun Jan 10 12:50:23 MST 2010

MaryW, we too are sorry to hear that Amy passed away. Take care.

Hope God turns the furnace up pretty soon!
Mary
Maine - Sun Jan 10 08:39:44 MST 2010

Mary W: So sorry to hear about your sweet Amy. She did live to a ripe old doggie age....because you loved her well and gave her a very good life.
lady bug
- Sun Jan 10 07:53:08 MST 2010

I lost my baby Amy today, RIP Amy, (7-7-92 -- 1-9-10) you are up there in doggie heaven playing with your brother and your mom. Apparently 17 and a half years is an extremely long life for a dog. And she had a great one. Still hurts though. She waited until I had a human baby and then she knew I would be OK and it was OK for her to leave. How thoroughly considerate of her.
Mary W
CO - Sat Jan 9 23:16:45 MST 2010

Cactus, you are so right about Amber, just as big an idiot as Chance! This entire plot line is ridiculous. For one thing, Chance called in for backup and why would he ever do that if he was carrying around a bunch of drugs in his coat? I guess the cops figure that he threw his coat away to conceal the fact the drugs were in it. But he sure didn't hide it at all. It was found immediately in the area.

MaryBeth, I'm absolutely sure they'll pull the Patti-Emily switch! This stuff is all written and taped long in advance and it WILL happen! Damn it!

I'm unhappy that they seem to be tying stuff that happened on B&B with Y&R about Amber and Deacon's past relationship this way. A lot of us don't watch B&B. I did briefly see our Brad and former Victoria together. Looked weird.
Willie
- Sat Jan 9 16:49:03 MST 2010

Mary Maine : Does that mean Lily (the character) will pass away and leave Caine to mourn, for God knows how long (on this show, anyway)?

Regarding Amber's dilemma, it seems rather best to send Mr.Sharpe to jail and hire a detective to find out the whereabouts of Amber's (I guess, adopted) daughter so that Deacon isn't holding her over Amber's head as a bargaining chip. What do y'all think? Let's wrap this up, writers, eh?
>BTW, I think Amber really wants to clean up her questionable past.<
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Sat Jan 9 13:53:19 MST 2010

sdunford,yes he was:The Bold and the Beautiful (2000-2005)

Deacon Sharpe debuted on the soap as the biological father of "Little Eric", a baby being raised by Rick Forrester and Amber Moore. The baby's biological mother is Amber's cousin, Becky. Amber passes the child off as her son with Rick. The truth is discovered and Deacon pursues custody of the child.

This launched a storyline that focuses on Deacon's romantic interest in Amber. He attempts to seduce her away from Rick for himself. The efforts are complicated by his relationship with Bridget Forrester. Although Deacon originally uses Bridget for one of his plots to get Amber, the couple's marriage becomes genuine. This is threatened when Deacon begins an affair with Bridget's mother, Brooke Logan. Brooke gives birth to their daughter, Hope. Deacon signs his rights to Hope over to Brooke's husband Ridge Forrester but his relationship with Bridget ends.

Deacon goes on to connect with other older female characters on the show; an affair with Jacqueline Payne Marone and a marriage to Macy Alexander. The character exits after relapsing back into alcoholism.

Connie, no nothing on up here in Maine, but I don't have cable. I did think of him this morning and saw a little thing on the news about Elvis Memorials in Australia. 75 doesn't seem possible!

I read that the girl who plays Lily is pregnant and due in April.

Mary
Maine - Fri Jan 8 19:58:06 MST 2010

M B - Thanks for the info on Reed. From the way sentences were worded in Thurs update he sounded like a teen, so I said, "Who is..."
For what its worth, and I get tired of the comments, Phyllis ought to just accept that Nick has a problem with his past, help him get over it so they can move on. Enough already.
Poor Sharon somehow acquired some cojones to rail on a previously happy Jack. What's with her, anyway? And Emily probably thinks, "What did I get myself into here?"
> Y'know, I just thought....Phyllis is too possessive. What do you think? <

I'm glad the writers are incorporating new stories. This Jo-Jo could turn out pretty good (maybe). Just hope Noah and Eden don't get fried...sorry. Lauren probably stepped on a tack.
Debs - Great insight!
It's 29 in VaBch and 23 in Atlanta. (7:30 est)
Hope Mr. P does well.

rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Fri Jan 8 17:45:05 MST 2010

sdun - I'm not sure of Little "d"...I think there was history of them on Bold and Beautiful...someone and most likely Mary/Maine will know that question...

Mary - Maine .... have you been celebrating today...Elvis would be 75 today...lots of movies on today...watching him and Ann Margaret...Rusty and Lucky...and saw Blue Hawaii earlier today...Ahhhhhhhhhhh...he still makes my heart flutter...(*_*)

NC
Meatloaf and corn done so time to put Charlie's feed bag on....hehe - Fri Jan 8 17:29:43 MST 2010

What is the back story on "little D"? I know he is Amber's cousin's son, but is Deacon the father?
sdunford <jtdunford@cogeco.ca>
peterborough, on - Fri Jan 8 15:32:02 MST 2010

Y&R
Think about this...is the Chance accident part of his dad's mess from Aust...?cause isn't Phillip coming back soon??? just a thought...
When did Sharon get some gonads...the way she dug into Jack...
How did Lauren hurt her leg that's she's on crutches...

MaryBeth...Brrrrrrrrr at your temps...it hit 19 for high today...black ice on roads then snow on top...we are suppose to get to 40 on Tuesaday...I can hardly wait...lolol

NC
- Fri Jan 8 15:24:50 MST 2010

What's the bet Jo Jo teams up with Chance to catch the crook. Surely we all know his Sgt. set him up. Jo Jo will also give Jill a run for her money and start to push her out as not a legitimate heir. Now wouldn't that screw Cane over with what he thinks ($$$) could be in his future. With the writing there has been Adam could still be redeemed because........this one is Cane's evil twin who has locked up Hopes sweet son on the farm in Kansas. The plan to either get in on the Chancellor or the Newman fortunes....Ha! Ha!

Poor Noah what a screwed up family he inherited.

The Nick and Philly thing is done - separate them and put us out of the on again off again misery.

Absolutely, time to shoot Adam in the foot or elsewhere. Hopefully Billy starts to question his (Adam) being at the funeral home, Sharon remembers the note on the plane and a few other things....for God sake writers enough is enough of this one.

No doubt something will happen to make Adam and Sharon move into the ranch. That way Y&R can cut down on a set. I heard they are looking to cut costs.

I am disgusted they had JT and Victoria have such a cool goodbye. Don't like the breakup plan there but there could be a fun relationship with the Billy Boy.
Debs
- Fri Jan 8 09:40:57 MST 2010

Here's hoping and praying the procedure will work, Pinkie.Mr.P must be a real trooper too.

RC Smiley REED is Victoria and JT's son, who seems to have experienced fast aging process as noted in yesterday's show.
JO JO is a real hoot, I hope that's all. Maybe they are setting her up to save Katherine or something to endear her to us.

WILLIE, could you please send CBS a note about writers surprising us with storylines, and to ditch the predictable ones? You were sooooo right about that.

It's so darned cold here. I see Toots is freezing too. My neice is in Savannah freezing too. Connie, sorry you can't whine about 30's when we are below zero.Will that kill your palm trees...okay you probably don't have them in Tenn.
MaryBeth
USA - Fri Jan 8 09:26:12 MST 2010

Pinkie, our prayers are with you and Mr. Pinkie.
Mary
Maine - Fri Jan 8 07:22:38 MST 2010

pinkie - ((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))))) you and Mr P on my prayer list...please try to when you can...let us know how things progress.

Our temps have been below 30 for last 7 days...sleet and snow today...major wrecks all around...of course if we had more than than 2 salt trucks (lolol) like up north...driving wouldn't be so bad...the wind cuts you to the bone...Brrrrrrrrrrrrr

Y&R
Great balls of fire...JoJo is ... words fail me that I can put on here...did Jill open a can of worms or not???
Can you all understand Nathan when he talks...he mumbles to me and he still reminds me of Nate when he got killed by the bus...
Well Victoria is off for her baby for real...back in Dec...several good shots of her belly...lol
I was yelling at TV that Chance needed back up...it smelled like a plot from the get go...
I can't wait till new Tucker gets on...this one makes me ill to look at...
IMO I thought Nick did well with his statement to the press regarding Adam and Sharon's marriage...

NC
BLT's tonight...okay I'm ready for spring....lolol - Thu Jan 7 20:03:10 MST 2010

Update Mr P
Bypass!! Critical blockages that they dont think Stints will help they would of done it Tomorrow but because he is on Plavixs they will do it next week .. THe Good thing its fixable.. he has had 2 bypasses 1991& 2001 and 1 stint 2007 put in .. So God willing he will get through this a know it will be slow going at first But I know he will do good.. THank You all in advance Its good to have you all here ....

Tired Pinkey But Grateful <4th Time is the Charm >
- Thu Jan 7 19:25:54 MST 2010

So, Katherine's real daughter shows up? Jo-Jo, huh? I understand Jill is none too happy. But I thought Jill wasn't Kay's real daughter anyway - what gives? It's wise, though, that Kay wants a DNA from Jo-Jo, 'cause who knows?
The (new) Malcolm also showed up, I heard, and was given a job at "Restless Style" by Billy. Oh, what now?
With the current goings on with JT, Victoria, and, who this....Reed?... it appears the writers are moving the stories in directions we didn't expect. Nick wishes them well?
Patty...I couldn't agree with you more. How much of this do they think we can take?
Yes, Cactus, Daisy is a villianess; I just can't figure out the reasons for her MO, or where exactly she's getting orders. Is it Sheila?
I guess we all agree the writers took a chance making Chance a cop. See what happened today?

Hopefully, I'll see it tomorrow while it snows.
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Jan 7 19:07:28 MST 2010

Ladybug and Cactus I begrudgingly admit I will probably watch the Bachelor again too, just don't tell anybody. I also liked the Elizabeth girl that was in the military, can't believe some of the choices he made over her. I have to admit the season summary opener where they show clips from the whole season did look rather intriguing.
Mary W <I loathe diaper rash!!>
CO - Thu Jan 7 18:31:14 MST 2010

ladybug: Re The Bachelor, every season now the girls come up with something to "impress" at the initial meeting. I don't think that should be allowed. They need to just be themselves. Also, I think Jake, although a "nice guy", seems too naive? - emotionally immature? - I just can't put my finger on it. As he says, he is looking for someone with "beauty of heart."

I think that Daisy is another villain-ess. She is acting on orders from someone (we assume Sheila) to persecute Lauren, but now seems to be acting simply out of vindictiveness to Eden. Or jealousy?

I was wondering how Sharon and Adam would end up living with Ashley ... now we know.
Cactus
Extremely cold today in Alberta, but Springlike tomorrow - Thu Jan 7 14:29:01 MST 2010

CAN THEY MAKE SHARON MORE STUPID. MARRYING ADAM. WHEN IS SHE GOING TO FIND OUT THAT ADAM GAVE ASHLEY HERE BABY, AND ALSO FIND OUT ALL THE THINGS ADAM GOT AWAY WITH, ITS ONLY BEEN OVER A YEAR. ARE THE WRITER GOING TO WAIT TILL THE KIDS IN SCHOOL, BEFORE SHE FIND OUT THAT ITS HER BABY. THE NEED TO GET ON WITH THAT STORY LINE.
PATTY <PATWAR2@MYACC.NET>
CORAL SPRINGS, FL - Thu Jan 7 10:04:24 MST 2010

Have to add my two cents to the Chance ordeal. By ordeal I mean us having to watch it!!! When a police officer comes upon a man bleeding: A) Does he immediately call 911? B) Quiz him on why he's there? I think A. The bigger part of the ordeal is Heather. Once again...even though she has been consistently wrong about every case...she jumps full force on a false accusation. Yes, he has drugs in his pockets. But a twelve year old is capable of thinking of various ways that they got there and not jump to only one conclusion.

Anybody watching "The Bachelor"? I thought Jake picked some not-very-attractive girls first time around. Not that they need to be beautiful, but...geez! I really liked the national air guard girl. I can't believe he picked that nutcase Michelle. Maybe that's why he's still single...bad judgment.
lady bug
- Thu Jan 7 05:43:56 MST 2010

WILLIE: Not only is Chance an idiot, but ditto his girlfriend. She follows him and, knowing he is on dangerous business, yells out his name in the dark for all to hear. And I could care less what the mystery is regarding Diggs or Riggs or whatever the bum's name is.

Strange story now with Jo Jo. Can't imagine her and Katherine "bonding" any time soon. So what was the point of the story, writers?

PINKIE: Your positive perseverance through more tough stuff is very admirable. Sending good thoughts and prayers to Mr. and you.

People's Choice: OMG, that Johnny Depp appearance was the highlight of the show. Don't care how he was or "wasn't" dressed or how he had his hair done. He just keeps improving with age like fine wine.
Cactus
Little cold snap again in our area - Wed Jan 6 22:07:42 MST 2010

Holey Light Bulb

It went on when Willie spoke. Yes, all that would be very good for viewers and kudos for writers.

Ahh Pinkie, my prayers are with you both. Thanks for your good thoughts for us too.

We had some more snow, and it will be coooooollllddd tonight.
MarryBeth
- Wed Jan 6 22:06:32 MST 2010

Redeem him?! Ha! But I agree w/you Pink; after Sharon and Ashley both hear the baby's cry and figure out Adam's switch, they should both unplug his arms.

Since when does a psych doc hug a patient?

Pinkie, your husband is in my prayers.

LadyBug - I understand the 'detail' part(s), from what I remember, and yes, differences should be obvious. But love is blind, right?

Amen, Willie.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Wed Jan 6 20:16:03 MST 2010

rcsmiley, when they ran that episode showing Billy what his life would be like in the future if he didn't change, there was a scene where Kevin was kissing Mac as if she were his main squeeze. Janna wasn't in the episode as far as I recall. That whole episode was a little weird, a take-off on Scrooge's visit with his Christmases past and future.

I guess everybody on here is expecting the Patti-Emily switcheroo. Wouldn't it be nice if, for once, they surprised us and didn't foist that time-worn plot device on us?

They seem intent on showing us that Chance is an utter idiot. The guy who stabbed him asks for a private meet and he just goes merrily sailing all alone into a trap. Any rookie cop just out of the academy knows better than that. One more instance of the lack of any verisimilitude here.
Willie
- Wed Jan 6 15:20:55 MST 2010

Here I am - watching this show for 20 years, and I haven't caught on to the Katherines' daughter story~~ From what I remember - her daughter was Jill, but I guess that is not the case. Could anyone please help us out with who this new 'daughter' is??

Thank-you! David
David
- Wed Jan 6 11:14:48 MST 2010

Pinky: So glad to hear Mr. P is doing well. Be sure that all our thoughts and prayers will be with him.

I agree with you regarding Patty/Emily switch. Although your prediction of best friend info is pretty smart. I didn't think of that. They rarely toss in trivial info for no reason. The story already bothers me since Jack did have sex with both and are we to assume that Patty had her whole body surgically altered to look just like Emily??? At the risk of offending the men here, I won't detail how women's bodies all look different. Not to mention the fact that people make love differently.
lady bug
- Wed Jan 6 03:44:56 MST 2010

Happiest of New Year to everyone..

Been a little busy with out of town guest and all the Holiday stuff ..But the nenw year has started off on a bad note 4 days in and Mr p is in the Hospital with what may have been a Mild Heart attack ! happenend last night at 11'30 Realy Painful chest pains he was alert the whole time we have Wonderful EMS here and Im grateful for that .. they admitted him and today did a chemical Stress test I can rememebr the real name of what its called But he didnt do well , will take more test tomorrow and if all goes well he can come home with Meds in the process of all the test His Kidneys showed Bad he had 1 good one one working but not good . . But he is doing ok and Thats a Good thing ...

re Y&R .. can we all see it coming Patty is going to do the switch with Emily AGAIN!! and get her Jack back for a little while Ashley will figure it out .I say this because Emily said her best friend in Minesota couldnt make it or something I just drew a blank But that will be the proof when Patty wont know about the Best Friend.. Didnt read it just my O....
I Love Billy somethings about his smile that does me in .. Dont tell Mr P feel the cougar coming out in Me...
I cant put into words the disgust i feel for Adam & Sharon storyline. they are trying to redeem him !! Oh I hope Sharon beats him to a pulp and Ashley too and that Sharon doesnt forgive herself for being to STUPID!! Ashley needs to gouge out ASSmans eyes ..

OH and when is anyone in a Sike ward not monitored !! watched on a Video camera get real People AND they check your mouth to make sure you swallowed your pills ,,,, Ok Im upset gotta go...

Happy Belated B Day Frances & anyone else i missed ..
Mary B you spew love in your Post about Ms Nora Im Happy for you I know you waited with baited breath for this day ,, give her a hug and kiss for me and tell her that there is a Nana out here that miss the hugs of her Granchild and wishes I could trade places with You for one of Her wonderful hugs ..

Will post when Mr P is home {{{{{{'Huggs}}}}} to everyone
Tired Pinkey But Grateful
Dont be mad it was 70' Yesterday & Today - Tue Jan 5 22:48:37 MST 2010

Does anyone else besides me laugh at all the stupid little things on Y&R like Nick using humongous barbecuing tongs to turn over little strips of bacon?
Mary W
CO - Tue Jan 5 22:30:40 MST 2010

Who's this Brent Riggs?

The actress playing Patty/Emily is doing a terrific job. I noticed how Patty conjured a fake smile as Emily her doctor hugged her. At the start of that scene I suspected Paul would hear a scream an then find his sister standing over Emily with bloody scissors in hand. But not yet.

Willie- Kevin and Janna are splitting? And what the h*** does Kev see in Mac? > perish the thought <
That Adam always has an ulterior motive in everything he does, or plans to do. Even marriage to Sharon, which no one connected to the Newman name likes.
Now that Ashley has invited Adam & Sharon to live in her home, I wonder how long it will take 'til Sharon hears Ash's baby cry and thinks, "That's my baby, not hers!"

Chance cutting his bothers on the force could only work against him. As Willie noted, Chance is just too young.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Jan 5 18:19:55 MST 2010

WILLIE: You almost got it, my comment was tonque-in-cheek regarding Tiger.
Cactus
- Tue Jan 5 15:54:53 MST 2010

Cactus--GOLF?????????????? As a replacement for our favorite mess? Come to think of it, a certain golfer has now got himself in a twist that could be one of our plot lines!

During that future show about Billy, they indicated that Kevin wasn't with Janna any more- but with Mac, was it, I forget? We haven't seen any Y&R for a week or so; I gather there's a new Tucker?

And of course, just when I get started, HQ calls me for lunch! Bye.
Willie
- Tue Jan 5 13:50:15 MST 2010

Morning and winter has hit big time.The snow is falling fast, I have not ventured out for a week yesterday..Suppose to snow and be bad all week. One good thing I have had a cleaning out experience LOL.Have clean cupboards, drawers, closets etc. Have three large bags ready for Kidney foundation tomorrow. IF all goes as planned will fill two more today.TIs a wonderful feeling to help others,plus less for my family to go through when I am no longer here.
Y&R: The new Malcom ? Do not care for. Hate seeing JT and Victoria go seperate ways.Ashley and Neil??Hope not. I think Billy will sober up and shape up!! Chloe and Chance cute together.. Mrs. C and Murph are soooo good together.The best...
Well enough of this I must hit the hall closet...:O)

Toots
Winter snows in Ohio - Tue Jan 5 07:21:59 MST 2010

Oh, and Debs - I agree with you about Adam (if only his mother could see him now). Hope the writers think of something.
Mac indeed couldn't make much money in that bar since Billy's the only tipper; and yes the Mac the character could be a little more dynamic (more smiles, more tears, more "I'm pissed off!") Her acting is like a Mona Lisa - same expression. But the character - the character has a heart of gold. That's why she keeps forgiving Billy boy, in spite of his multiple failures. But yes, the actress has got to do a better job.
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Mon Jan 4 20:02:32 MST 2010

Mary, Mary, & Mary, I apologize for the confusion. I guess I just wasn't paying attention, or just overlooked the origins of the CB entries. I promise to be more observant. Nonetheless, there is still an open question regarding Billy (see Sun Jan.3).

Yes, Mary W, Billy's portrayal is terrific, but as far as you also know, Billy's behavior has to change; change for both the character's survival, and the show's survival. That's why my question was "Anybody think Billy will drop the bottle?" What do you think?
C U all tomorrow.
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Mon Jan 4 19:15:26 MST 2010

It looks to me like they are throwing Ashley and Neil together. They are acting like they are such close old friends.
Putting those black roots in Patty's wig, makes it look much more realistic...almost like real hair!!!
MaryBeth
- Mon Jan 4 17:09:29 MST 2010

Debs: I liked Adam when he first arrived. There was no reason not to like him. In fact, Nick and Victoria had no reason to not like him which made it hard to understand why they treated him so badly. It seemed like they cared more about their inheritance or Newman power than they did about a brother who had lost his mother. But, that ship has sailed. I liked the first actor, he was sweet looking. This one seems sleazy and creepy in addition to his evil deeds.

Neil is a selfish, egotistical jerk. You would think that if there is a possibility of losing your child that any other problem would be a minor detail. If he really wanted to help Lily, he would get over himself and put his emotions aside.

Well...looks like another switching partners scenerio: Victoria/Billy and JT/Mac. Oh well.....

Hope you all had a wonderful New Years. And, yes, the Nora news is the best news!!
lady bug
- Mon Jan 4 14:15:15 MST 2010

Mary in Maine, It sounds like you guys really got buried in the white stuff. My neice from Maine had dinner with us last nite. She said last winter she had a -30. That's real cold. Do you winterize the house? By now you must know all the tricks to keep the pipes from freezing etch etc.

Now that new Malcom is here (not my fav choice) do you think Victoria will be back to being Drew? There was buzz she'd be back, but if they are trying to save money, I'd think she'd ask for a good wage to do this again.

We had a neice and nephew party last nite. It's so much fun seeing how these one "little kids" have turned into pretty amazing humans.

Happy Monday everyone. Does the diet start today?
MaryBeth
- Mon Jan 4 11:26:21 MST 2010

R.C. - what I meant about Adam is we did not get to like him before we hated him. Like Jack, we sometimes have a love hate relationship but always end up forgiving him. Adam --- forget forgiveness, he's played himself out of any Y&R interest I have.

By the way, know you love Mac, still she is so bland and insecure with her I'm still a teenager portrayal she just turns me off. I would personally pay for her ticket back to darfur. Lord knows she can't be making much in that dive of a bar she has, there's typically only Billy drinking there!! ha ha
Debs
- Mon Jan 4 08:25:22 MST 2010

RC it's really easy to see where people are from, for example at the bottom of all the posts it says "Mary W" and below that "CO"
Mary W
CO - Sun Jan 3 21:03:42 MST 2010

RC I am the "Mary" from Maine, not MaryB or MaryW, I know it gets confusing. Up here in Maine ,at least in my area, it had snowed since Thursday afternoon and I would say we have almost 2 feet of new snow in our yard, with drifts as the wind last night really picked up. Wet and heavy snow, I shoveled the steps and in front of the garage doors and was glad to be done. I was lucky and didn't loose my power or phone, Fireman had to work 48 hours at the fire station so a kind neighbor plowed my yard this afternoon and Fireman will have to plow my mom who lives a few miles from us tomorrow morning.This afternoon after getting plowed out I picked my mom up at the end of her driveway (she walked down to the road) and I took her to pick up a few things in town and to just get out, the walls were closing in on her. I believe they said we might get more snow later in the week, I can hardly wait :o(
Mary
Maine - Sun Jan 3 19:06:24 MST 2010

MaryBeth: You sound like a gem of a 'nana' and Nora is one strong willed and lucky girl to have you. You are doing the right thing.
Debs: Loved your commentaries on Sat., but "lovable scoundrel"? Scoundrel, yes. He has such blind hatred for all associated with V.Newman that it seems unlikely he really cares for Sharon. I agree, though, someway to write him out is appealing.
MaryW.: Thanks for clarifying that faux pas of info on Nick. BTW, how are you doing up in Maine? (Do I have that right?) No snow here yet, but we're in for a cold week. I asked 'cause there was 5ft.drifts in Long Island, NY. (so my cousin said).
Anybody think Billy will drop the bottle?
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Sun Jan 3 17:05:44 MST 2010

shhhhhhh.....I "think" it has finally stopped!
Mary
Maine - Sun Jan 3 12:48:54 MST 2010

MaryW: Billy Abbott keeps me watching. I like Chloe, too, but her storyline needs to be spiced up. Yes, she's married to a cop, but Chance just seems so cute and innocent, as in not a tough guy.
When it is finally found out how evil Adam is, what can the writers do but give him an untimely end. Too bad they chose to go that route, as Victor and Hope's son, Adam could have remained as a major character.
The comments on ghosts that could make a difference was very well put!

I know I'm biased, but I think our Canadian Shania Twain is one of the most naturally beautiful woman in the world ... and gets better and better looking with age.

Cactus
Alberta, Canada - Sat Jan 2 23:26:44 MST 2010

Toots your new year's eve description sounded like the coziest thing I've ever heard of!! And Mary Beth congrats on Nora walking, what a sight that must be for all of you to see after everything all of you have been through!

Y&R--I think I commented a long time ago that seeing Patch from Days with Jill is going to take a bit of getting used to...I think they will make a rather odd couple. But that could also be because I just can't picture Patch with anyone but Kayla! (I used to watch DOOL).

I wanted to clarify earlier that when I said I loved a drunk Billy I in no way meant that I think it's great that Billy, or anyone, real or fictional, is an alcholic! Alcoholism is certainly nothing to take lightly--I know, both of my brothers suffer from the disease. I meant that I think the actor who is playing Billy is portraying an inebreated person realistically, and I appreciate the fact that Billy is not stone-faced all the time and actually displays emotions on his face, which I've noticed is rather rare for the actors on Y&R; their faces just always look......the same, somehow, whether they are happy or sad. Anyway I just like the Billy actor and I think he has great facial expressions, both drunk and sober!

That's all, happy new year everyone!

PS RC-I just wanted to quickly clarify that Nick didn't switch any babies--he just may or may not have revealed the results of Summer's paternity test truthfully--we will have to wait, I think a long time, to see that one.
Mary W <read from here>
CO - Sat Jan 2 22:10:57 MST 2010

I read you guys had lots of snow******! I know you all bear up under the slings and arrows of outrageous snowfall, and I admire y'all for it.
Here in Hampton Roads (Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, etc.) the temp is 30 degrees, windy, and REALLY COLD! Now maybe to some of you 30 is "eh, big deal". But I left NY 18 years ago, so it's freezing here. Some folks just dress in "hoodies and sweatpants"! Brrr! Not me. How 'bout you?
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Sat Jan 2 18:47:48 MST 2010

Cactus - what wonderful news, a new tucker!! Oh I wanted to barf looking at his rubbery belly lying on the bed with Jill. I was waiting on him doing an impersonation of Santa's bowl of jelly. He did OK in his role but if we are to be subjected to Jill and Tucker in the hay at least lets not have it nauseating - if that's possible.

Denise - funny you bringing up Nina's baby, I remember watching that so many years ago and I was horrified that anyone would be so cruel, I wanted to rip her eyes out for stealing Nina's baby. Those were the days when Y&R shocked and startled me with storylines.

Does anyone remember Vanessa and Brock-- didn't Catherine hate her and lock her up int he attic, offered her money to walk away from Brock?

NC - I don't think Lily is going to die, not after Colleen showed her the future. Note too when John did his walk down Future Lane with Billy - Lily also had a child and was still with that Scaniving Aussie. Cain seems like such a "greeser" to me now, can't have him at all anymore.

Now is there a more useless ghost than John, oh, the things he could tell about everyone and though his character was Mr. Nice Guy on the soap, he too takes an "I'm very disappointed in you, frustrated with you, fed up with you" approach to Billy. Doesn't anyone get it that Billy is grieving in the only way he knows how - self destructive. I also didn't see any emotional chemistry in the "Future me" storyline. Next morning Billy is still a drunk dude - no real eyeopener event. Come on John, make yourself useful. Sink Gloworm, visit Ashley - let her know your there cause she's ganna need you. Why didn't you bring Colleen with you to talk to Billy. Let Cassie visit her mum and educate her on what a piece of Smuck Adam is.

Why are they making Nick look like a preppy university kid....is he heading for a younger love because God knows him and Phyllys have been around the block so many times.

Me too thinks Summer is Jacks and yes it is akin to stealing her away from Jack. In as awful as that is, Adam takes the cake for manipulation, evilness, cruelty, self preservation, down right selfishness and being the biggest slimeball ever portrayed on Y&R. I do not think he was known long enough to the Y&R audience to become a lovable scoundral. We did not get to really know him before he became so scurvvy. Look how he risked Ashley's life during the miscarriage, his evilness goes beyond fan forgiveness.... I think he will be written out in order to wrap things up.

When is Nicki and Victor back????

Happy New Year to all
Debs
- Sat Jan 2 17:30:58 MST 2010

Nurse Connie:Orange spice tea my favorite! I had some this afternoon.
Very cold here !! Have not ventured out for three days..Soooo I have been cleaning out closets,drawers, cupboards. Kidney Foundation will have a large pick up on Wednesday.. IF it has not been used or worn in a year out it goes let some one else enjoy the things.
Frances:Hope your birthday was a fun time.
Pinkie: How are things with you??
Jam: would love to see a post and know you are ok.
Mary Maine: I got idea the wood stove is just a crackling and pouring out heat..How much snow have you gotten??
Hope everyone can keep .healthy
Toots
BRRRR in Ohio - Sat Jan 2 17:29:55 MST 2010

Laughter is one of the best medicines or at least smiling frequently...
Oh MaryBeth...I too got misty eyed...what a blessings...

Mary does that mean you have a ton of snow??? Elvis is set up at my desk...thanks a bunch.

COLD...DANG COLD for me...26 blistering degrees with a wind chill of 18...can we say Brrrrrrrrrrr...I've watched and listened to the Travel Channel a lot today...cruises...makes me want to go on one...busy catching end of year planner up and starting new one...
Time for a cup of orange spice tea and a sliced apple...

NC
No idea yet what's for dinner..... - Sat Jan 2 14:53:51 MST 2010

Mary I'm thinking the snow got into your computer!
MaryBeth
- Sat Jan 2 14:53:24 MST 2010

I was reading a spoiler and they said this ridiculous statement:

"Lies and deceptions threaten multiple Genoans "

All I can say is .... WELL DUH!!!
MaryBeth
- Sat Jan 2 14:52:17 MST 2010

I have no idea what happened in my post below!! Oh well!!
Mary
Maine - Sat Jan 2 14:35:32 MST 2010

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Mary
Maine - Sat Jan 2 14:34:14 MST 2010

MS. FRANCES -- happy day, happy year, happy always !!!

happy 2010 to everyone -- how are you calling the new year -- twenty ten or two thousand ten ?? -- i have been obsessing about this very serious conundrum for many months -- driving basyl absolutely nerts (needless to say) !!!

also, have you tried to WRITE 2010 yet ?? -- it's impossible !! -- and my complaints and worries about this, too, are being completely ignored by you know who . . . (and roxy does not seem concerned either ??)

MB -- your story of nora and her shoes made me cry !! -- such a wonderful christmas story -- so sweet, so uplifting, she is really really a great little warrior -- and her family is the BEST !!!

hugs all

adb
seattle - Sat Jan 2 10:08:40 MST 2010

Oh Frances, Happy Birthday! Did you have a great time with Cake and chocolate and Pizza? GOodness we've celebrated several birthdays with you, and your little ones are big ones now! May the new year give you all good things.

Dear Connie, that's the sweetest wish ever. I hope you giggle too.

I haven't told you, but Nora got some red mary jane shoes for Christmas from Santa. The p.t. said she'll be able to walk without her braces when her feet get strong. Well this little girl got on her red shoes and proceeded to walk all over the place. She gets tired after a while, so the AFO's are still needed, but isn't that the best news? She'll be getting stronger every day. She is a real handful now, because she always wants to PAY (play) and it sounds like PEE sometimes, we can't tell the diff. So we sit on the potty and read a book. lol. Such wonderful sweet things come from this little girl, like the warmth of sunshine. Yea, I'm her nana.
MaryBeth
- Sat Jan 2 10:01:03 MST 2010

Frances...just was it is your birthday...Happy Birthday to you...hope you had a wonderful day with the family.
sparkie
burlington,ontario - Fri Jan 1 22:02:58 MST 2010

Connie, the moonshine jelly was right tasty in the belly!!

Frances, I second Connie's wish to you of a Happy Birthday!

Snow, snow and more snow!

It was boiled dinner here tonight.
Mary
Maine - Fri Jan 1 21:34:05 MST 2010

Happpppppppppy birtttttttttttttthday to Frances...hope your yard is full of snow...lololol

NC
Blackeye peas, mixed greens, hog jowl and cornbread....hope that's enough good luck foods...lololol - Fri Jan 1 20:19:41 MST 2010

NC - Thanks, but y'know? I haven't 'giggled' at myself in a long time. There's not much to be too serious about to take myself too seriously any way. Heck, that's why I'm on this page anyway. But seriously, folks, I need to find reasons to laugh at myself instead of seeing my faults, of which saying "I" or "my" is one. Sigh. Have a Happy New Year, everyone.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Fri Jan 1 19:08:05 MST 2010

Well, since everyone else is giving opinions about Y & R, here's mine: I have never liked Eden, don't know whey they can't get someone better for Noah's girlfriend. I didn't like the first one either. Can't stand the voice, and I don't think she is cute.

Poor Sharon, needs a wake up call for the men she seems to get mixed up with. I think this is the worst though. I think she'll remember the note, eventually, but everyone will tell her she imagine it or dreamed it due to the head injury.

I think Chance gets cuter every day. I don't know what it is, but something seems different, maybe hair is different?

Like it when you'll talk about Y & R. Laugh at some of the posts, you'll are clever!!

Susan
Ruidoso, NM - Fri Jan 1 07:31:25 MST 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! to everyone..all the best for 2010
sparkie
burlington,ontario - Thu Dec 31 19:39:09 MST 2009

Cool and rain with mixed sleet today to turn to flurries late...and repeat firday and saturday...we do have "free" rides for all our drunks in town...it's a service we have provided the last 25 years...saved many lifes I'm sure...one comapany does a ride and tow of your car...how cool.

Happy New Year to one and all...
May your heart know happiness, may you giggle all over yourself at least every other day, may you have the strength to handle hurts and the support of loved ones, and your eyes view life as a blessing to you and others.

NC <happynewyear.com>
Papa John pizza and cinnapie...yummmmmmmmmmmmmm - Thu Dec 31 19:04:26 MST 2009

Mary- Did you? Unfortunately, I only was able to see 20 minutes of today's Y&R so only began to see 2day's show...I'll discuss later.

We in VA have had the wettest year, 64 inches, in a lo-o-ong time.

Looks as if Billy's getting the "ghost of New Years' future" treatment from John, his late father, which I thought was cool. Maybe such a revelation will straighten Billy out. Who knows? Like someone said earlier, Billy's a nasty drunk - his idea of fun while drunk is ruining other people's lives, including his own.

If, in fact, Summer is Jack's daughter and not Nick's, you can bet sparks will fly; and if Nick did swithch babies like Adam did, as LadyBug said, Jack may be pissed, but as Lb noted, not much can be done.

Any way, everyone out there have a wonderful and different New Year, with good health, good fortune, and happier times. Lord knows we need it all, no?
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Dec 31 18:58:53 MST 2009

I rather enjoyed the New Years past,present and future show for Billy.

It's snowing, yet again :O(
Mary
Maine - Thu Dec 31 13:38:55 MST 2009

Happy New Year to one and all. May your new year be filled with health and happiness. May we take the old year into our hearts, we've lost friends and family, we've had illness and absence.May we understand today and tomorrow with equal wisdom.

We are supposed to have this Blue Moon phenomenon with two moons in two days.I don't quite get it so my sister will explain today. Surely if the same thing is going on for adb, it's pretty powerful for astrology readings.
Take care everyone, stay safe and warm (or cool).
MaryBeth
- Thu Dec 31 11:04:33 MST 2009

Yes, LadyBug - It's best to stay at home if you drink tonight! Or at least have someone drive you home.
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Thu Dec 31 10:19:42 MST 2009

We don't seem to have Y & R today. I don't know what episode y'all have seen last, as now my Canadian and U.S. stations both show the same episode the same day. Anyway, my enthusiasm is about Billy and Victoria, whom I think would make a power couple.

We will be up until midnight tonight, only because the kids will be. Just family over, quiet festivities. Will probably be asleep at 12:01.

Wishing everyone a very happy, healthy and blessed 2010.

Cactus
Alberta, Canada ... just lost four more Canadian soldiers and our first Canadian journalist from Calgary, Alberta. May God bless and protect all our Armed Forces. - Thu Dec 31 09:49:49 MST 2009

So many believe that Summer is Jack's daughter and Nick lied about the paternity. If that is true, then Nick has done the same thing Adam did...take a child away from her parent. In Adam's case....I'm sure Sharon will get Faith soon enough, while she's still an infant,
and be able to bond with her. Whereas with Summer, Jack lost many years and she, Summer is bonded with Nick. Anyway....I think Summer is Nick's.

So...Billy will print the big scoop (as if it's the New York Times as appose to a monthly fashion mag) or maybe the wedding announcement will be in the GC Gazette. Pattie will see it...and the fun begins. Noticed that she has major black roots going, so won't be too hard to look like Emily.

I will be spending New Years Eve with my favorite person in the whole wide world...my granddaughter. We'll probably have pizza, ice cream and watch "Cat in the Hat" with Mike Myers, because we both love it.

Hope you all have a deliciously wonderful and safe New Years!! Oh...heard on the news that you shouldn't drink and WALK
either. That has proven to be fatal for some.

lady bug
- Thu Dec 31 07:46:53 MST 2009

New Years Eve will not be anything out of the norm. Fireman is on duty and the weatherman is predicting that a big storm is heading in tomorrow night right through the weekend. So I will be home with our dog Kiki watching the snowflakes fall (no ball) and praying the electricity stays on!

Say a prayer or your thoughts to the family of a 24 year old girl that lived not far from us who was killed in an accident night before last (Fireman was on duty, the vehicle she was in lost control and went in front of a truck on snowy covered roads as she was on her way home, she was within a mile of her home), she worked at the restaurant we go to all the time and we have known her family for years, her dad and uncle were volunteers at one time on the fire dept. She leaves three little girls behind.

Be thankful as you welcome the new year for all the blessings each of us have (forget the resolutions that don't really matter and usually don't last more than a week anyway) and don't take the time to think of until something like this happens and it makes you hug your family a little closer.
Mary
Maine - Wed Dec 30 19:49:29 MST 2009

Debs : I must say I understand how you feel re: Mac, the actress, in that her style badly needs improvement. What I referred to though, two posts ago, was Mac, the character, in that, yes she wears her feelings, etc, on her sleeve as she gives of herself to help people, but that she should "wear" her ideals less "on her sleeve", keeping her ideals to herself. Am I being too cloudy with the description of Mac, or does what I said clarify things?

In another vein - NC : Seeing how Adam really feels about Sharon you may be right. BTW, in that light, Nick would do best to shy away from Sharon, despite how he feels about Adam. He'll ruin two lives otherwise.
This new Malcolm, I hear, doesn't even look like his "brother Neil"

Congrats to Amelia & Thad on the birth of their daughter.
Cactus: a new 'Tucker'? Well, well.
Writers - Don't let Lily die.

It's 34 in Virginia Beach, VA
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Wed Dec 30 19:15:21 MST 2009

cactus glad to read a new Tucker on the way... this one needs geritol...lolol

Ok do you all think that Adam will be a much better husband to Sharon since the crash...
We knew that Victoria would leave ... she had a "real" baby...
This new Malcolm looks like the Old Nate that was married to Olivia...
Are they going to let Lily die??? sure hope not...

Temp here is 44 but to me it feels like it's 24 to me...I think my prise for the New Year is a cold...you know how your throat has that icky feeling at the top and you want something to sip on to soothe it...that's me right now...Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...I'll most likely sleep through NYE unless good movie on...

NC
Most likely tomatoe soup and grilled cheese sandwich... - Wed Dec 30 15:34:55 MST 2009

i want 2 know why paul can find kathreen's daughters name after all these years and not looking 4 his good friends child(nina)had a child that was put on the black market by rose devill (played by darlene conley)years ago now that would be a good story line since she tries 2 act so goody goody around chloe
denise
janesville - Wed Dec 30 15:26:35 MST 2009

Happy New Year to all!

As a Canadian, I can tell you that you MUST watch the Y&R tomorrow!

Very entertaining, and very well done!!
David
- Wed Dec 30 15:23:47 MST 2009

Once again, kudos to Y & R for giving us a NuTuckerMcCall! Much younger and hopefully not such a snooze fest.
Cactus
- Wed Dec 30 13:00:36 MST 2009

Mary Beth: New Years eve?? IT will be the same as any other evening..I will be in robe and gown and slippers in my recliner with Buffie beside me on her quilt either reading or watching tv. Enjoying a cup of tea and a sweetie with logs burning brightly. Early to bed and early to rise thats us.. :O)

Toots
Ohio and cold - Wed Dec 30 12:36:21 MST 2009

I CALLED IT! Woo hoo, the writers are doing something right. This will be exciting.
Cactus
- Wed Dec 30 12:16:43 MST 2009

Deb, I totally agree with you on just about everything.

Jam, where are you? Hope you are feeling better. You know, we have a friend with a shunt. She had so many replacements it was crazy. They found out the opening and closing of the automatic doors gently vibrated them out of place. Sounds sci fi but it really helped to stay away from automatic doors. That's a real hard thing to do, and she had to arrange with some placed to go in a side door without the auto closer.

What's everyone doing NEW YEARS EVE?

MaryBeth
- Wed Dec 30 11:22:28 MST 2009

Reading the Sharon & Adam posts. Soooo sick! How big a dingbat can Sharon be. One month outta the looney bin, in love, married but wants to tell her son in person the good after wedding news! dub and I could have screamed AAAAAGGGGHHHHH another plane crash. Seriously, Y&R shoulda taken the opportunity to write Adam out. I think Billy is going to be the one to figure out the baby switch. Can't you just see Nick tearing Adam's head off then.

Maybe they are moving some storylines along because we are expressing how unrealistic and sick they have been for way too long. I hope so.

I love the way Noah is developing as a character. Chance is starting to get a bit too sweet for me now though he comes across as a really nice person. Plays a bit too much Delia's dad when Billy is around.

Hate that they are taking Billy down the alcoholic road - yuk. Whadda ya think about the dame at the bar..........Catherine's daughter. Now couldn't she handle Jill!!!

Sorry R.C. - can't stand Mac still think she sucks as an actress and the honey just drools out her chin. Would love to see her go back to Darfur.

Now wait for it - there will be another switch with Emily and Mary Jane who will go nuts when she sees the 'rock'. My prediction is she will escape and act as Emily and Jack just won't know who he is bedding these days. Poor Jackie!

Over all the stupid long drawn out storylines Y&R has put us through these past few years the Adam, Ashley, Baby switch, Sharon marriage is the sickest most unbelievable, evil of the lot. Time to wrap it up and do some justice.

Doesn't daisy play her role well....also Eden is getting a bit more screen time. Still find her voice worst than the first Eden but I don't mind her now.

Delia is the most natural baby on Y&R and seems to like the camera.

Had to laugh at the Christmas Day special, opening scenes John, Brad and Colleen, talk about the Ghosts of Christmas Past. Thank God they are alive and well in real life.

think that is what I see most different about Y&R. Used to think the storylines where possible for anyone. Now they are so far removed from reality it is hard to watch.
Debs
- Tue Dec 29 17:44:19 MST 2009

Mary Beth are we facebook friends??

Was anyone else thinking as I was: "This is the closest thing Sharon can get to marrying Victor (Senior) right now?" (Maybe something she has always secretly wanted to do, remember when she kissed him??)

Wow, I wonder if Victoria and Phyllis are friends in real life, their babies are 4 days apart!

Jean Happy Belated Birthday, is yours the 28th? My there's a lot of December birthdays in here, I apologize I don't know everyone's.

Can't Y&R be even a little realistic? Like having Adam's handwriting be shaky instead of perfect letters while the plane is going through major turbulence ? PMP

Mary W <Why do I love drunk Billy so much? >
CO - Tue Dec 29 17:25:21 MST 2009

I thought to myself, How ironic....Sharon dies and Adam lives. If things are bad now between Nick and Adam...just watch.
Oh, and what is Phyllis gonna do? Dance? ( She such an onery, bitchy one). But Nick's time is still better spent w/ his wife, don't you think? (bitchy as she is)

I think Cane's affection for Lily is real. Mac, in spite of how we may think of her expressions, remains a faithful friend to everybody, even...Billy.

How are you all? It's cold here in VaBch, VA. 39degrees (that's springtime for some of you, I know), but I still see people in shorts!

Oh, right Cactus...what if Sharon can't remember what the note said?
Even if she does, what's she gonna do? Shoot Adam? Or shoot Ashley?(for her kid back?)
Again, my apologies to Jean.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Dec 29 15:30:32 MST 2009

Used to be you could tune into Y & R every three weeks and have no problem catching up. I miss one week and OMG, Sharon and Adam are married (get out the barf bags), Nikki is now a brunette, love Nick's new tousled look (as compared to the greaseball), Jack is engaged to Emily (with whom I have no emotional attachment), Paul and Nina seem to be moving forward, Billy seems to be having a breakdown, we have a new Malcolm who is nowhere as goodlooking as the last one, blah blah blah.
Loved that Katherine and Murphy (looking great in his bright blue sweater) are having a traditional at home "Alberta" New Year's Eve!
Disappointed that Billy didn't walk into Crimson Lights just as JT left Victoria.

Big question now? Will the note Adam wrote to Sharon ever be found and, if so, how and by whom? Does she appear to have no memory of seeing it at this point?

JEAN: I seem to have missed your birthday. Hope it was spectacular.
Cactus
Alberta, Canada - Tue Dec 29 12:32:03 MST 2009

Good morning, my sleep times are so messed up, I'm sleepy early and wake up early and need a nap. At one point our time change was 7 hours different.Seemed like they were always moving the clock forward and back. I do know it was 4:30 when I woke this morning, after going to bed at midnight. LOL, I know it will all come back right.

We came home to snow and very cold temps. It has been quite a shock since our last day saw 95 with 100 humidity. I was melting. Now freezing, got my warm clothes on all the time. House seems cold.
Our flight from Rio to Washington DC was part of the Nigerian terrorist scare reponse. They closed down the bathrooms an hour before we landed...and they did it just like that with little warning, so people standing in line had to go back to sit down, they were locked. While all were in line the silly girl across the aisle was in there brushing her teeth. SHEESH.They allowed nothing in our laps. We got behind some stewards getting off who were upset their new job was bathroom police.

I thought Nik's hair looked dreadful. In my humble opinion it would have been better to do very heavy lowlights at first. It looks so fried and in such bad condition. I wonder if she's done it for another acting part.zzzzzz I watched yesterday and hardly missed a beat.After all this time away,this show is moving way too slow. Sharon dug up that white wedding frock in a hurry. Her necklace with the diamond bow was very sweet.

Jean did you have a fun birthday? Don't know if its over yet, but you could do one of those celebration weeks like I do. Wishing you the best in health, happiness, and good fortune.
MaryBeth
- Tue Dec 29 05:58:19 MST 2009

sparkie - while Adam and Sharon were flying back home the pilot came over intercom and told them rough weather up ahead and put their seat belts on...the turbulance gor wild and the O2 mask feel down they put them on and Adam grabbed a piece paper from pocket and wrote "your baby is alive" and showed it to Sharon...it never showed the crash but you have the idea thta's what is going to happen...
hope that helps...

NC
night chet.... - Mon Dec 28 21:30:47 MST 2009

LadyBug you hit the nail on the head.
NC, you too.

"And you may kiss your sucker bride..." the jurist says, because she fell for your crafty ways, Adam. I guess I shouldn't say that 'cause Adam probably really loves her.

Billy's in a bad way, living out of the hooch; while Mac's expression never changes, noticed? Yet Mac gives him the right advice to stay out of the bar and BE more like the Dad he claims to be for Delia.

Do any of you think that Catherine not pursuing her long lost daughter is right?

Oh, and I know a lot of you have stopped pursuing Y&R, so the previous question may mean nothing.

Of course, you all know Nick is going to chase after Sharon....What a mistake, eh?
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Yeah, Phyllis gave a great name to her new daughter; and congratulations to Amelia and Thad Luckinbill on the birth of Georgia March.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Dec 28 19:59:58 MST 2009

Happy Birthday Jean..
Missed the Y&R..can someone tell me what happened...I know that Adam and Sharon got married and that's it. What's up with this plane crash?
sparkie
burlington,ontario - Mon Dec 28 19:39:14 MST 2009

It occurred to me a few weeks ago that the only way Adam will ever tell Sharon about Faith is with his last dying breath. I wondered how that would happen. Maybe the plane crash. He really has become a dispensable character. They made him so evil that there's no where left to go.

I was so distracted with Nikki's hair, I didn't notice she lost weight. Odd that she went dark. Usually women go light when they start to gray. I tried to keep my dark hair for the longest time, but dark hair with gray roots is SOOOO unattractive and you have to dye it constantly.

lady bug
- Mon Dec 28 16:46:54 MST 2009

Jean - Happpppppppppppppy Birrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrthday to youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu....your age is the same frontwards and backwards...lololol

MaryBeth - welcome home...I'm soooooo over Tiger Woods crap...he'll get what he deserves like most do when they dip their sticks elsewhere...lololol

Y&R
Ah you know Adam and Sharon will make it...
Nick to the rescue...wasn't Nick and Sharon in a plane crash several years ago?...with the sewer guy???
Billy is a sad drunk...
Catherine was very sweeet to Jill at the end...
Old Jackie falling in love like a light switch...

NC
Cold here today...36 with wind chill in 20's...snow on the way...yea....wow...oh my....etc - Mon Dec 28 16:42:05 MST 2009

Just watched Y*R!! the last part~~~~ OH MY !!!Nick to the rescue so suppose he will find the note that is for Sharron! More story lines ahead :O)
Can not get used to Nikki with her weight loss and dark hair.. All these years as a blonde.
Woke to snow with ice under it~~no venturing out for me..
Slowly getting few things put away...
Toots
cold, icy, in Ohio - Mon Dec 28 11:49:49 MST 2009

I read on a site that Phyllis is now a new mom as of Dec 21 at 11:23 pm, a little girl named Natalia Scout Lee Stafford who weighed 8lb 3 oz and was 19 inches long.

Victoria and JT I see named their new real life baby born Dec, 17 Georgia March Luckinbill.

Rained all night, a lot of snow is gone and tonight we are to get more.

Sharon and Victor Jr. (too bad he has done what he has, the setting was beautiful and they actually looked happy),and I don't think Sharon needed to wear white again!

Mary
Maine - Mon Dec 28 10:46:10 MST 2009

OH my gosh, Victor must be in Rio...(haven't watched the show for 35 days) ....but I heard the flute music couch heard in New Mexico. Didn't see him anywhere, but where we stayed there were a few nice hotels and condos....and people who took their dogs for walks.

South America is a very diverse wonder! We saw all kinds of places and people. We were cold cold cold and hot hot hot. Sometimes the cruise time was very rocky and much of it was smooth as glass. We truly had the trip of a lifetime, and while I would do it again, it all made me realize what a treasure my family is to me, and how lucky most people in the USA and Canada really are.

Jean, loved your go back machine. You only forgot one thing...Frances's serious fixation with Ricky Martin. You are all so special to me, and it's a good place to visit.

Someone asked me to be a Facebook friend named lu something..and I didn't know who that person If it is someone in here try me again, I don't know everyone's real life names.

I hoping your holidays have been great, and your New Year be filled with good health for you and all you love.

My family was together the night of the 26th just like we do on CHristmas Eve. Nora woke in the night crying she wanted Nana!!! LOL I was passed out sleeping so hard I didn't hear the meltdown. We both need a good nap today.

It's going to take a few days to catch up on life here in Fort Collins and the USA. The only news that got through was All Tiger WOODS ALL THE TIME. There was some cockamimi CNN channel that had little or no North AMerican news. WIerd.
MaryBeth
- Mon Dec 28 07:39:11 MST 2009

Sorry, Jean - "stilled" I thought meant, Oh this is going to sound bad, "made yourself so .... as if you stilled it yourself." I'm sorry to have implied the worst in a scenario that didn't imply that at all.
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Sun Dec 27 18:03:30 MST 2009

Mary Maine: A beautiful warm sunny day. I just let Buffie out and heard my self say OH MY GOsh !! THE GROUND IS COVERED WITH SNOW AND MORE JUST A FALLING.. Yikes what a surprise needless to say I had not had tv on all day.
Volunteers of American coming in the morning so have large garbage bag full plus two boxes of things for them, The kidney Foundation will be here in couple weeks so will give me time to get more things collected for them.
Toots
Ohio - Sun Dec 27 17:37:03 MST 2009

Jean, I think you had posted ...Later-stilled stuffed , I think RC thought perhaps it was a saying of some sorts from your part of the country when I think you just meant that you were "still stuffed" from the day before and didn't care about what you making "later" for dinner. I think he thought you meant you were stilled---no motion, or perhaps he thought you had a still in your garage or basement??lol

Raining all day, foggy tonight in the early 40's here today and our snow is disappearing little by little------have to make room for the next big storm!
Mary
Maine - Sun Dec 27 17:13:07 MST 2009

RC - I don't have a clue as to what you were saying?? And Frances came up with PMP, which means you peed you pants over something said or did, etc.

adb, my Belle doesn't really care for other dogs to play with. She is content just to play and run by herself.

Weather around 54 right now, with sunny skies. Been around the freezing mark at night.

Later - chicken drummies tonight

Jean
Houston - Sun Dec 27 15:38:07 MST 2009

Jean - Were you stilled, as in "from the basement or the garage- stilled , or just quiet - stilled? (I know it's just an expression)
Please excuse- what does "PMP" mean, if I may ask?
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Sun Dec 27 12:57:46 MST 2009

beautiful blue skies here too -- 37 degrees

we're off to the off leash dog park with roxy belle and her two best friends, loki and lulu (and their owners whose names we do not even know !!!!)

i am getting very eager for 2010 -- don't know why -- usually i dread change, even of the year, so maybe i'm growing up a bit !!!

hugs all

adb
seattle - Sun Dec 27 12:45:41 MST 2009

Beautiful blue sky's today...but chilly...41
Very little food left over...beacuse I didn't go overboard this time...lolol
I think we'll go visit them grandbabies today and smell them...(*_*)

All have a great day...
NC
Beautiful day in the hood.... - Sun Dec 27 08:52:52 MST 2009

Here's to you all for a happy, and a better new year! Nurse C and Jean : your Christmas Day stories were all encouraging. An old friend just lost her husband on Christmas Eve, yet she gave the most hopeful account of his passing, saying, "...(he) got the best Christmas present by meeting Jesus today....". Those of us who know her and her husband will pray for her, of course, knowing the Lord Jesus gives her comfort.
That aside, all of you in this ChatBook I pray will do well this year.

RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Sat Dec 26 16:47:29 MST 2009

Hope everyone had a wonderful day.

Yes adb it is strange how some of us have become really good friends. I think we became close when we found out that we were going on the same cruise together (alas it ended up we both didn't go). Gosh that was back in '02 or '03.

NC - I think you called me cause I was having trouble with my brother, and befriended me. The rest is history. We are like sisters and best friends. I've been out to see her twice.

emelie - our love for animals, along with music, and dancing. Jean Jean, the dancing machine.

Frances - Miss PMP!! The loss of your dad, Sherman, brought us close as I recall. Plus the love for David Lee Roth, and Eddie Van Halen, made us Jummp!!! PMPPMP

Oh, I could go on and on and on the conection between us chat friends. But I'm already getting too mushy.

And adb you are right, most of us don't Y&R watch anymore....who cares. We all have each other.

Later - stilled stuffed from Christmas.
Jean
Houston - Sat Dec 26 10:34:18 MST 2009

thanks everyone for the birthday wishes -- i had a great birthday and a wonderful christmas and am ready for this old year to be over and done with -- bring on 2010 . . .

happy new year to everyone -- may it be a wonderful, peaceful, year for all of us

nc -- a special thanks for the phone call -- made my day -- of course i did have to listen to it several times just to hear that sweet tennessee accent of yours -- bas had to listen it a couple of times too -- brought huge smiles to our faces -- also thanks for the very sweet card

and ms jean -- the card from you and dan warmed our very hearts -- thank you

bas cannot believe the strong and hopefully enduring friendships i've acquired in this chat book -- he also cannot believe most of us aren't even watching Y&R any more

take care all

adb
seattle - Fri Dec 25 23:06:58 MST 2009

adb...Happy Belated Birthday wishes to you...hope you had a wonderful day.
sparkie
burlington,ontario - Fri Dec 25 22:47:29 MST 2009

adb ... happppppppppppppppppy dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu I hope Basyl was good to you and you wishes come true always...

Well I have washed last dish, floors are cleaned and fridge is almost full...sent the kids home with goodie bags...was a wonderful day...temp got to 58 !!! BUT winds have kicked in and now a cold 36...Baby Kiera got one of those large bags of legos...she had soooooooooo much fum taking them out and putting them back in the bag...and dragged it all through the house...Logan got an airplane that flew in the house till it broke...shucks I hated that...
So I hope all had just as much fun and celbrated with loved ones...Logan sang happy birthday to Jesus and Kiera danced while he sang (*_*)

NC <twasthenightafterchristmasandallwastired.com>
Chilling out...Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh - Fri Dec 25 21:18:34 MST 2009

meant abd not abc see what old age is doing to me. I am starting to scare myself
shoe
- Fri Dec 25 21:12:54 MST 2009

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas. I don't post as much but peek in...Happy New Year to...abc, jam, cactus,nurse connie, emily, etc....old age is a bitch...its not your boobs that are the first to go....and everyone else and newbies.

Acually watched the show, the plane thingy reminds me of Seinfeld and confessions of the "contest"
shoe
sunny vancouver - Fri Dec 25 12:59:31 MST 2009

HoHoHo - Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to everyone. Happy Bday abd. May we all have a wonderful 2010.
Jean
- Thu Dec 24 22:09:24 MST 2009

MERRRY CHRISTMAS everyone....and have a safe, happy and healthy NEW YEAR too...my love to everyone..
sparkie
burlington,ontario - Thu Dec 24 15:42:15 MST 2009

LadyBug and Nurse Connie : Thank you both for the good advice. I inherently knew what you both explained is the way I should think and feel. Yet I was in a depressed, pissed mood and just felt like spillin' my guts. That's why I apologized at the end of the post. Albeit, I'll concentrate on the good of the holiday, as I should any day, and "keep looking on the bright side of life" (from Monty Python). By the way, your expression on the right of dirt is RIGHT ON. Thank you.
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Dec 24 13:35:59 MST 2009

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL

Had a quick read at the Christmas posts - Christmas is always a sad time of the year for some. - Because it is supposed to be so happy and so family oriented, that it inevitably brings sorrow for some of days gone past, people no longer here etc... My sister brings a little tree to the kids graves and decorates it, she leaves battery operated lights especially for her son who was afraid of the dark. She crys and misses them - then pulls herself together and goes home to make Christmas happen for the rest of the family. - I honestly don't know how she does it.

From me to you:
For those who are lonely - a warm hug.
For those who miss a loved one - A happy memory
For those depressed or sad - a jolly good laugh
For those who know how to party - drive safe
For those waiting for Santa - may your dreams come true

For those on the Y&R - may the truth prevail!!

For the rest of us - May your Christmas be bright and your memories beautiful.

Debs
- Thu Dec 24 13:24:53 MST 2009

This is not to "offend" anyone, but rather to simply say, for me, it is not about the giving, the taking or the time off from work, but rather to understand, that Christmas is to celebrate the Lord,s birth. We do also need to think about others, yes, and to remember all the bad and good things of the past years ! It is a time to reflect on our families, weather they are with us, or have gone to a better place. The memories are all we have left, but we should relish in those, as they were the moments in life, we treasure and should smile about. Please share, the moments we have with our loved ones that can be with us.

Wishing all my " chat book" friends, a very Merry Christmas, and a very Happy New Year as well.
Fireman <Beautiful day in Maine>
Maine - Thu Dec 24 13:14:39 MST 2009

wow, b&b and atwt are kicking it up a notch on the writing. y&r needs to grab some of them....
nikki <gnbaranco@aol.com>
ny - Thu Dec 24 12:12:29 MST 2009

i love you, to my aunt Vivian who died a few days ago. she was a lovely woman. May God bless her always.

Happy Holidays!
nikki <energ555@yahoo.com>
ny - Thu Dec 24 12:03:39 MST 2009

YEA !!! Last present wrapped or rather put in envelope...lololol
Beautiful sunny day at a warm 53...but rain headed this way...my heart goes out to those with the harsh weather in mid west...I'm just getting sooooooooooooooooooo excited for the holiday...time for Y&R....

NC <Awayinamangernoroomforacrib.com>
I really must sweep the floor at least...lololol - Thu Dec 24 10:23:39 MST 2009

RC: Most of us understand...most of us have had less than perfect holidays. But....Christmas is what you make it. You can't change circumstances but you can change yourself and your ATTITUDE. People think that happiness comes when everything in your life is good. But, you've got a long wait for that. You simply have to DECIDE to be happy. You and your mom can sit around and think and talk about everything that's wrong or you can find things that are good...you still have each other and that's more than some have. It's completely your choice. And if you choose "ain't it awful" then you have no one to blame but yourself. Why not think of all the people you have loved and enjoyed and be grateful. Sure, there's sickness and tragedy, but I'm sure you can find good things too. Put the past behind you, it's done and over. Take from it any little piece of joy that you can and focus on that. Make the choice to have a great Christmas and decorate, eat good stuff, watch some cheezy Christmas movies on TV and enjoy. Blessings to you both!!!

Wishing you all a wonderful, happy, joyful holiday!!

lady bug
- Thu Dec 24 06:09:31 MST 2009

Nurse Connie: like your new motto :O) Presents are nice but nothing beats love to give and receive..Have a great time !!
Frances: Good to hear from you!!
Have a wonderful day one and all. I must go get coffee cake made.. plus other last minute details..:O)
Toots
cold in Ohio - Thu Dec 24 05:38:36 MST 2009

RC a lot in here understand the loneleness during the hoildays...BUT that can all change if you want to make a difference...BUT you have to look outside your box and I wish you well in doing that...it is very had...yet easy to look at all the negative...hey my new motto is I'm on this side of the dirt today (*_*)

We took Nate out to eat with us tonight...I swear that kid has hollow legs...lol
I'm starting to get so dang excited myself about Christmas...not a lot of gifts but a lot of love to go around.

NC <Ohhollynightthestarsarebrightlyshinning.com >
Temps in the 40's most of week...rain on Christmas...got my apple stack cake chilling....yummmmmm - Wed Dec 23 19:45:13 MST 2009

Merry Christmas, everyone! Happy New Year, too.

I'm just sorry my friends here can't understand why the holidays for me, and my mom, aren't so jolly anymore. Almost all of the family is gone: her parents, including her mom's birthday on the 23rd, my dad, her husband, my three uncles, the only living aunt is suffering dementia from alcoholism, three cousins are gone(I suspect Agent Orange), only one cousin keeps in touch, while her brothers' spouses remain reticent to us, it seems. So mom and I are it, and at 80, mom's health isn't good (sorry mom). So merry merry isn't so merry merry.
Sorry folks. Needed to rant, I guess.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Wed Dec 23 17:55:49 MST 2009

Well, I am glad that I'm not the only one expecting Sheila to show up.
Tilly <til108@aol.com>
new york state - Wed Dec 23 11:26:00 MST 2009

OK ONE good thing about Y&R and the rest is rant. I am actually starting to like the Patty's mental illness storyline along with Paul's sympathy for his sister...

Sheila was shot by Lauren when she looked like Phyllis and Sheila teased her that she shot the wrong one before she supposedly kicked the bucket. But Sheila never really dies, so....she's kind of like the the guy on Days of Our Lives that never dies, Stefano?

Is anyone else as uninterested in Devon as I am?

I always giggle at how thin the GC newspaper is....

WOW Upcoming Jill and 'Patch' from DOOL, just can't picture it...

And how in heck does Glo think she's going to get Jabot?

Only in soap land do people go on a couple dates and then they are in love. OK end of rant!

Happy Holidays everyone! So glad I found y'all to not only make fun of Y&R with but to 'talk to' about more serious issues as well. Thanks for that.

Mary W <White Christmas here in CO, snowing tonight and tomorrow should be some left for 25th>
CO - Tue Dec 22 22:30:10 MST 2009

kko if lurking happy birthday to you and hope you had a great day...

Willie as to Shelia I think it's in the back of our minds that is the one person that hates Lauren soooooooooooooooo bad that would plot sometging of this sort ...and if she really...really...is dead and I faintly remembering that in that "cell" she made for Phyllis I think...it maybe her kids wanting to get even with her...IMO

All packages off and crossing fingers all packages to arrive on time sent last one today...

Nikki what a time of year for furnerals...that's why I hate ponsettia's (sp)...at my 89 year old grandmother's mostly what was sent was that...she died on Dec 19th...she proably got 50 or more...

NC <jinglebellrock.com>
Pleasant 40's and low 20's at night...last minute pickups for dinner and it's as done as I'm doing it...ho...ho - Tue Dec 22 21:09:51 MST 2009

Boy, I really fell for that sting that Phyllis, et al, set up on Deacon! I ranted on about how awful it was that she would plot to have Amber kidnapped, etc, etc! Well, HQ is about to serve me a big plate of crow! That was really well done and I have to give the PTB credit for this one. I see that lady bug and rcsmiley fell for it too. Good point about how easy it was to grab Amber. Deacon should have wondered about that. I see that Mary in Maine sniffed it out-good for you.

rcsmiley, I have no info on mothers entering prison cells but the GC jail is a strange place anyway, with inmates roaming around freely and visitors coming and going at will. As for snowstorms, I was working in Manhattan when the 1947 storm hit. Even the subways stopped running, at least on the lines that were partly above ground, and no buses, of course. I did get to my office one day, climbing over drifts in the middle of 42nd Street. What a time!

I don't understand this talk about Sheila returning. I could swear that they really and truly finished her off once and for all. I have a dim memory of her getting shot, maybe by that lady cop that Paul was dating. I could be all wet. Can anyone refresh my memory of her demise? Wasn't it totally corpse city for her?
Willie
- Tue Dec 22 20:00:59 MST 2009

Sorry...."reining", regarding Gloria & Jeff, in previous post, is supposed to read, "wringing". A play on words for "Christmas Bells are 'ringing'". LOL?
rc smiley
VaBch, VA - Tue Dec 22 16:15:45 MST 2009

Great that Amelia Henlie (Victoria) had her baby. Best wishes, Vick!

Ah, Christmas in GC....Daisy is still laying a foundation for a scheme involving the Fishers. I hope Lauren has the common sense to see through her "Sanders" character plot.

Jack and Emily singing carols...Emily's patient eating holiday chocolates and cutting out a picture of Jack from the newspaper to put on her "tree"....
Gloria and Jeff reinging out some way to squeeze $$ from Jabot...
and Jill and that millionaire guy buying trees while making business ventures...

Christmas bells are ringing.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Dec 22 16:08:51 MST 2009

y&r better step it up. b&b looking pretty good/funny with the 80's dress.

kids and ex just went to cali for christmas. i've got one day to sip on makers and egg nog, then major clean-up and down to louisiana for my aunt's funeral.

Happy Holidays!
nikki <energ555@yahoo.com>
nyc - Tue Dec 22 14:23:14 MST 2009

Signing off ... waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay behind and Christmas dinner is at my house.

Wishing all my Y & R chat friends the very best of this special season, no matter how you celebrate it. Hope you are surrounded by loved ones/friends/heck, even casual acquaintances. Hug them all. And hope *Santa* is really good to you.
Signed: Panicked and Exhausted in Alberta aka Cactus
- Tue Dec 22 11:06:07 MST 2009

Nurse Connie: Thanks for the update on the birth of Victorias baby ! I had not read or heard..
IT is snowing some this morning but think ? going to rain Christmas morning :O( Shucks I like little snow~ the fireplace going, family,gifts and foods. Lots of love and chatter..Those of you with small children is the best time!! Enjoy and cherish the moments..

Toots
Ohio - Tue Dec 22 08:57:58 MST 2009

They are pairing Ashley and Neil?

Is Mac ever going to take her ponytail out?

Phyllis wearing pumps in the snow at the tree place?
Mary W
CO - Mon Dec 21 22:02:02 MST 2009

Victoria had her really baby Dec17th.... a girl Georia March
YEA!!!!!

NC
Merry Christmas - Mon Dec 21 21:14:21 MST 2009

PLEAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE no more Shelia....I can't take it !!!

Golly miss molly I'm so busy tying up lose end for Christmas...Xanax helps (^-*)
Sipping on eggnogg with nutmeg sprinkled on top...yummmmmmmmmmm

nurse connie <ohholynightthestarsarebrightlyshinning.com>
BIG pot of chili today and cornbread..... - Mon Dec 21 21:06:56 MST 2009

Oh right, Cac. By Sheila.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Dec 21 18:33:42 MST 2009

Cactus- Thanks for the clarity.

Don't you all think Adam broke Cassie's family drawing because it represented the only stable elements in Sharon's life? While Adam, of course, is just going to ruin Sharon's life, who is distraught now, by Adam's selfishness. Isn't it great that Nick is perceptive enough to see through Adam's "blindness"?

Jack is best to stay away from bitchy, crotchety Phyllis. Not that Emily is one to trust, either, but love is there anyway. Speaking of love, Murphy and Catherine appear to illustrate love the best, while while selling Christmas trees. Unlike Billy, who cans Chloe, the mother of his Delia, probably for personal reasons.

Do you think JT and Vick will get back together? Looks like Jack and Emily are preparing to spend the night. I just think it's odd that Jack's about to sleep with a woman who looks like the one who tried to kill him earlier.

Daisy says she was told to "play the part" (on tomorrow's show). But by whom?

rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Dec 21 18:29:53 MST 2009

rc: If you go back to read a few posts, you will see I already commented on Sheila probably being the mother of Ryder and Daisy and behind the attacks on Lauren. Surely that is her lurking in the wings.
Cactus
- Mon Dec 21 17:30:41 MST 2009

Mary - Sorry to have started a "windstorm" of snow tales of reported upcoming white stuff. I knew the winter nor'easter was headed up there so I just...well anyway glad all is ok.

Folks, inasmuch as y'all hate this, Sheila might be the evil...(tried to find the word for a marionette operator), behind the scenes of Deacon, Ryder and Daisy. What do you think? Am I off the wall, or what?

When is someone gonna pull the wool off Sharon's eyes to see Adam for what he is? Like I said once before she'll probably slit his throat once she finds out what he did to her baby.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Dec 21 09:34:58 MST 2009

RC Maine didn't get walloped as bad as other states, in fact in our area we didn't get a snowflake!
Mary
Maine - Mon Dec 21 07:22:37 MST 2009

Cactus - Don't think Daniel is aware about Little 'D' - she was going to tell him at one point ages ago.....but in accordance with soap world if never did quite come out.

Deacon did mention though that Little 'D' was being "held" by whoever had him over a barrel!!! must be Sheila. (AAAAGGGHHHH - no more Sheila - puleeeze).

Willie - love your cardboard cut out definition of Phyllis and I totally agree, they have made her into a person you would love to hate but she has become a personality not worth your time. She is evil in a way that makes you feel that's how she would be in real life....just not a nice person. Don't like her or her character anymore.

R.C. --- lets start an uproar - Let the truth be told and Adam pay for all his crimes. No more sweeping under the carpet what you want to use in 15 years......give us a break with the sick story line. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE...that Eden is on to Daisy, finally someone with a little observation in body language, atta girl, show up the stupid adults.

Victoria and Billy - WOW yes, saw the fireworks. Now this may be very naive of me, but I really don't want them messing with Victoria and JT's relationship......me tends to think it might carry over beyond the work place and I'd hate to see that.

I think Billy & Chloe have the most natural parent/child relationship with their baby than any of the others have ever had. The kid even laughs and smiles back at them. Even though they have changed Summer (months ago) I still think the kid playing her sucks.

I read where Michael and Laurens little Fen is on other shows and doing very well in the theatrical world.

Also think Noah has really come a long way in the past year with his acting. I quite like him and I like the way he stuck by Eden when the sh-t hit the fan with some of their joint antics.

Adam just didn't like the idea Nic's name was on the picture Cassie made....that's why it hit the floor and Nick and Sharon had such a lovely moment together there. then they went and spoiled it all by bringing her cat's claws out on Nick in defense of Adam. Oh p-ss up a tree, nobody could be as stupid as Sharon is with Adam....least not when youv'e been in as many beds as she has.

Debs
- Sun Dec 20 22:56:16 MST 2009

Cactus...I wrote you a couple emails on facebook, you don't have to write back, just curious if you got them?
Mary W
CO - Sun Dec 20 20:59:08 MST 2009

Rene: Sure I remember you and sooo glad you are enjoying retirement AND the Grandchild..Such a joy !! A Grandchild is such a blessing. Enjoy each day as they seem to grow up way to fast. My one and only is now eighteen and I look at his pictures of younger times and think how did this happen so fast..
Toots
Ohio - Sun Dec 20 18:50:13 MST 2009

N.C. and everyone : Hi and hope all is well. Especially those in the NorthEast. This snow storm is one of the biggest in the East in years. One commentator from Weather Channel said since 1947 (though I remember 1965). Philly they said broke records for snowfall...and Long Island, NY (where I'm from). Feel bad, as I said yesterday, for Mary W up in Maine. Mass. and Maine must be socked in. Later.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Sun Dec 20 16:34:03 MST 2009

Hello everyone. Just thought I'd check in and wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Is there anyone left who remembers me? Our grandson just turned one and he is such a delight. My hubby and I have just retired and will be babysitting him starting in the new year - can't wait! There's nothing like seeing that cute little smile and his chubby little hands patting my cheeks whenever he sees me! Unconditional love!
Rene
from cold, snowy Manitoba - Sun Dec 20 13:51:47 MST 2009

Nurse Connie : Here in Virginia Beach it's just raining now, but snow is on its way. Temps are dropping...now it's 31. Maybe by tonight the flakes will fall. Does it sound like I'm excited? I'm not. I've already had frostbite and dry skin in Alaska and my home state of NY, so snow and cold (with h/a snow) is not what I look forward to. Hope your friends are ok. Feel bad for Mary W up in Maine.
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Sat Dec 19 19:02:39 MST 2009

Amber had two pregnancies in the past that were still births, Little D is not Amber's child it was Deacon's and Amber's cousin Becky's child (Becky died), Amber raised him until she was forced to give him back to Deacon.
Mary
Maine - Sat Dec 19 17:25:31 MST 2009

It's Little "D" for Deacon junior.

I was very surprised at what happened Friday. It's rare that they surprise the viewers like that, in fact I can't remember a time that it happened.

Big time snow here in Central Virginia. And it hasn't been touched. No snow plows, salt, nothing. It is beautiful and cozy. It's kind of funny. I live in the city and when I look out at the street the only tracks are from people walking, no tire prints.

lady bug
- Sat Dec 19 16:24:51 MST 2009

When is Nick going to accept that Phyllis will never change, and move on.
I believe we are being led to believe that Sheila is Ryder and Daisy's mother (as they appear to be siblings), and she is setting them up to do in Lauren. I, too, wonder what her face is going to look like this time. It would be good to see Ryder look other than (1) angry (2) scared rabbit.
Does Daniel know that Amber has a child? I wonder who is looking after "little Dean" now that Deacon is busted?

Cactus
- Sat Dec 19 14:42:03 MST 2009

Yesterdays Y&R was quite a surprise for me!! Any one else?? I was so angry at Phyllis for the plan to have Amber taken away THEN saw how it all turned out..Yahoo...LOL
Getting some snow here today so the Christmas lights will show pretty this evening.
Hope you all are enjoying the season. My daughter in law stopped in this morning with cookies and a hug. She had on one of my sons jackets~~~Oh gosh ! bitter sweet moments.
Toots
Ohio - Sat Dec 19 08:34:46 MST 2009

Michael: "I can't believe how fast Fenmore has grown up." Trust me Mikey, neither can we! Let's see how badly SORAS affects little Delia; we can compare her age to my baby's age in the years to come (if Y&R lasts that long) to see how old she SHOULD be.

Did you see the tiny puddles of frozen water Jack and Emily were ice skating on BWAHAHA

Cactus I also saw sparks fly through the screen between Vikki and Billy
Mary W
CO - Fri Dec 18 22:29:25 MST 2009

Hey RC my sis lives mid state in VA and it's bad there already...6" on her deck and pouring down...their weather station is saying up to 2 foot before all said and done...Geesh!!! Her hubby just got home around 6 normal time 30 minute drive ... took him 1.5 hours today.

They have closed 441 across the Smoky's earlier today...poor Mary and fireman should get it monday and maybe Frances will JUMP with Ollie

NC <JingleBells.com>
Let it snow let it snow...I bet there is no bread and milk in the stores (^-*) - Fri Dec 18 17:22:59 MST 2009

Happy Freezing Friday to you all: I agree w/ all of you that Phyllis is not match for the Deacon and lacked the good conscience to hand Amber over to him. What a sly, conniving bitch. Just to get her son out of jail she sacrifices the one woman Daniel loves? Wait 'til he finds out; no more "Love ya mom, words are not enough to thank you, etc..."

This stuff with Adam and Sharon is played too long...let the truth come out, for Pete's sake, so she can slit his throat already.

But Kevin in the Pee Wee Herman suit is the only humorous thing in the Y&R agony.
Oh yeah, and is Sheila Ryder's mom? Where does Daisy-do fit in? Was Sheila filming Mike and Lauren?
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - we're getting snow here soon. - Fri Dec 18 16:35:46 MST 2009

adb - how sweet...glad I made his day...your's is on the way...USPO...lololol

Y&R
I would NEVER ever thought would do what she did today...cool I liked it...BUT she is still one evil woman to mess with...
That ?Daisy person looks kind of looks like Lauren to me...
Pee Wee Herman is Kevin...lolol
Sorry but it creeps me out with this woman and Jack together...forgot her name the doc...
Sharon is a ho...she can't live without the stuff...BUT Adam...puke my guts on that one...

Well it started raining here about 7am and hasn't let up...in my little corner office in my kitchen it's hitting against the windows...Brrrrrrrr it's to change to sleet late today and snow tonight till tomorrow...yea!!!...right...Kiera has had severe croupe this week and poor thing sounded like a baby seal...but with breathing tx and shot of steroids at doc's office she is better...it seemed like one of my kids was always sick around the holidays...we're at our high for today...38...I have a large pot of pinto beans on and addressing those last minute cards...tomorrow I've got to get my hinny to post office or UPS...or somethings might arrive late...opps!!!

nurse connie <HoHoHoHo.com>
How many ways can they remake the Scgooge story I ask you?????....2000??? - Fri Dec 18 12:47:59 MST 2009

Phyllis is no one for Deacon to mess with, when she came on the show she was the "evil" one so I think she has got something up her sleeve.She does not love Amber, but she does love her son and she knows Amber does too so I am hoping I'm right and she has got something cooked up that we are not seeing.

Sunny, but oh so cold.brrrrrrrr
Mary
Maine - Fri Dec 18 07:31:50 MST 2009

Cactus: I was thinking exactly the same thing about Billy and Victoria. I almost expected them to start kissing.

Willie: I agree about Phyllis. The only person she loves is herself. I also find it hard to believe that Deacon got Amber in the car so easy. Wouldn't she have fought with every fiber of her being and scratched his eyes out???

Well, Sheila has been mentioned so it's safe to assume that the mystery woman is her. The question is...what is she going to look like. The last time we saw her she had plastic surgery to look just like Phyllis. If she looks like the old Sheila or another beautiful woman...then they have completely gone off the deep end. The rich women in real life who get face work look freakish and unnatural. But these soap characters can get some work and look completely natural?????? If they can't come up with stories that don't require face replacement...then they do need to go!
lady bug
- Fri Dec 18 04:39:15 MST 2009

P.S. Call me crazy, but further to my previous comment, I think the Billy and Victoria actors have marvelous chemistry.
cactus
- Thu Dec 17 18:41:40 MST 2009

Kevin looks like Pee-Wee Herman in that bowtie outfit.
Phyllis pulled it off, but Deacon's influence on the whole deal gives me reason to suspect that strings were pulled in order to get Daniel to release info on the paintings. And that redhead, Daisy, we know is in it, right?

Who was watching Michael and Laurie(?N) celebrate their iconic anniversary? Deacon or Ryder? Either way, now that Ryder's on his own (w/o Deacon) maybe he'll fall apart.

BTW, since when does a mother enter the prison cell to spring her son? Maybe Willie knows. Or dave.

That Ryder's got looks that could kill. But it Mom is on the sidelines watching him. Is Ryder's mom Sheila? Hmmm?
Billy got sprung? Too bad. Who arranged that? Oh Well, next week.
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Dec 17 17:23:07 MST 2009

WILLIE: The Young and the Realistic?
cactus
- Thu Dec 17 17:19:56 MST 2009

They have now turned Phyllis into a totally unbelievable, irredeemablly stupid, nasty, cardboard cutout of a human being. She supposedly loves Daniel but has conspired with an evildoer to kidnap Amber, with the intent to deprive him of the woman he loves permanently. I'm sorry, this one I just can't stomach. No sane woman would have done this, only a soap opera caricature!

Maybe they should shut this totally weird bunch of crap down, like World Turns, and start over. With what, I can't imagine but anything that is just a little bit believable, you think?
Willie
- Thu Dec 17 15:54:05 MST 2009

HI< FRANCES, bet your wonderful white house and beautiful yard look just gorgeous with their Christmas decorations. I am sure enjoying our around town this year, seems everyone is much more festive than last year.

I have an idea for the biggest pairing in Genoa City since Victor and Nikki. Billy Abbot and Victoria Newman. What a pair those two would make, like putting a fuse to dynamite. When they were arguing in the jail I wanted him to plant a big smooch on her and say, "Scarlet, I really don't give a damn."

Cactus
Out of the deep freeze in Alberta, like a spring day today, kids back to wearing hoodies to school - Thu Dec 17 10:41:14 MST 2009

OMG -- nurse connie -- basyl was just saying that he had heard from everyone today re his birthday and i was agreeing while opening up the chat book and the first thing i saw was YOU wishing him a happy birthday -- he thought i was kidding and then looked at the screen and said "okay, NOW i have heard from everyone" -- NC, you truly made his day -- thank you

FRANCES -- how totally grand to "see" you -- love and miss you so much -- hope your life calms down a little bit so you can chat once again -- we in the Pacific Northwest are well and i am dreaming of christmas in pennsylvania -- the only thing new with us is that after 58 weeks of horrid unemployment, i FINALLY got a job in september and i LOVE it --

this has been a non-gripe, non-mean, non-Y&R post -- and it feels great to have written it

hugs all

adb
seattle - Wed Dec 16 21:55:24 MST 2009

Quite possibly, the greatest character in soap history!
John Hawkins <jbhawkins15@yahoo.com>
danville, ca - Wed Dec 16 21:50:03 MST 2009

Frances, yes we are fine, so nice to hear from you!We have posted a couple of times about wondering where you were. The only sad news I have is that Betty Boop passed away a few months ago.

I haven't watched the show today or yesterday for that matter, been busy with work, meetings, the gym, and doing up last minute Christmas stuff.

Hope everyone is fine.
Mary
Baby It's cold outside...Maine - Wed Dec 16 21:29:52 MST 2009

Frances, nice to see your post! I never did do the MT thing :-( kinda bummed about that but I just found I was unable to finish the program with the baby, and it expires in Jan.
Mary W
CO - Wed Dec 16 21:25:01 MST 2009

ladybug it's almost a given that you will have dozens of friends on facebook, join, you'll see!! It doesn't matter who you were in high school, nobody cares!
Mary W
CO - Wed Dec 16 21:23:27 MST 2009

adb - Tell Baysl happppppppppppy birrrrrrthday from a Tennessean....you know in a Paula Deen type voice...lolol Hope you all are doing well...

Frances....great balls of fire woman...I thought you had fell off the face of the earth....I've got my fixin's to make bark this week end....yummmmmmy

Okay sista (Jean) and I have been talking about this facebook thingy...and will try to get on there too...then we all can face each other....LOLOLOL

No Y&R this week so far for me...too busy...sis called and said they won't be coming in this year from Va...she just recently lost her job at the college...

Boring supper tonight...chicken salad crossant with fritos...lolol

nurse connie
Cool day and with cactus I can't complain...it was 45 today... - Wed Dec 16 20:22:21 MST 2009

Frances: I thought of you today when I made a batch of saltine bark. It's definately become a tradition. So easy and so delicious.

I think everyone is okay. It has occurred to me, though, that Jam was having serious medical problems and we haven't heard from her in quite some time.

I thought that Phyllis was being such a wonderful mother who would do anything for her child...but NO. Doesn't she see how much Daniel loves Amber and it will devastate him if she leaves, not to mention be a big blow to his self esteem. And I can't believe she would take the risk of using such important evidence, the cell phone, for her own selfish needs.

My daughter keeps wanting to set me up with Facebook. But I get those insecure junior high fears...what if no one wants to be my friend! I was very thin and non-athletic as a teenager so always got picked last when choosing up sides of teams. Scarred for life.....

lady bug
- Wed Dec 16 18:54:35 MST 2009

Frances:WOW how wonderful to see your post. You have been missed !!!!
Do wish you and your family a wonderful time!! How is Ollie??
Toots
Ohio - Wed Dec 16 16:42:45 MST 2009

Okay,I have been away from here for MONTHS!! WTF is wrong with me? I miss you guys. I don't have time right now to read months worth of posts, so somebody.....anybody.......just let me know if everyone in here is doing okay. I am praying that there hasn't been any bad news. So let me know that everyone's okay.

Welcome to all the newbies! I'm an oldie....a very oldie.....well, in here, but not really in age.

I remembered Couch and her birthday a couple of weeks ago. Miss you couch!!!!!!!!!!!

Frances
- Wed Dec 16 15:12:45 MST 2009

Yes, Jean, i'm on facebook too. cactus is one of my friends as well. how do we connect with you?..cactus. if you get jean as one of your friends, can you please send her along to me too.

i'm also getting so sick of the y&r too. i really don't even know why i watch it, i guess it's just out of habit.
sparkie
burlington,ontario - Tue Dec 15 22:02:38 MST 2009

You can find me on Facebook under my real name ... ta da ...
Karen Kacso
Say hello, identify yourself, and I may add you as a Friend
Cactus
- Tue Dec 15 19:46:29 MST 2009

i am on face book

adb
seattle - Tue Dec 15 17:39:45 MST 2009

Jen, Susan, Dave - You're right. As far as Nick still chasing Sharon to help, or for affection, That Ship Has Sailed. He should be settling matters in his own house. Regarding that: Phyliss needs to keep her nose out of other's matters, since she'll just blow her son's case and keep him in still. The redhead girlfriend of Ryder's knows the importance of the find, But Phyll's influence may prove faulty anyway. We'll see.

Lily and Cane's story is meaningful, provided it doesn't go on too long, and Mac's involvement just illustrates her giving nature - which is honorable.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Dec 15 16:10:04 MST 2009

Jean here is my facebook --add me as a friend! www dot facebook dot com slash mary dot witaschek

Who all is on facebook now, us, Cactus, who else? I'm having a brain freeze and am forgetting who the photographer is
Mary W
CO - Tue Dec 15 15:28:51 MST 2009

Susan (regarding Phyllis), yeah, exactly! That's what I'm talking about. I'm sure people could find better things to do with their time than to meddle in other people's affairs!
Jen
SC - Tue Dec 15 11:34:06 MST 2009

Regarding Adam and Sharon -- Yeah, obviously Adam is a snake in the grass. He stole Sharon's baby for his own agenda, and then turned around and slept with her, violating her in two ways. Thing is, no one knows it. I just can't stand it when people are trying to be happy, and others try to destroy what they have. Nick is obviously jealous. He needs to keep his eyes on his own wife. In time, the bad junk will show up, but in the meantime, all they're going to do is screw over Sharon worse. It would have been better for them to wait til the pieces fall, and be there for her.
I've been in relationships before where people tried to break us up, for whatever reason they wanted to give us. A lot of people didn't think my husband and I would survive, but my best friend, who obviously didn't like him (never said that, though), never said a single word. However, we've been together since 1987, so people just never know what will happen.
Jen
SC - Tue Dec 15 11:33:05 MST 2009

I think maybe they are bringing Tucker in to compete with Victor on the rich unscrupulous businessman deal. I think Tucker was on CSI:Miami last week.

I'm tired of the Lily, Cane, Mac syrupy goody two shoes storyline. Tiring!!

Phyllis is going to screw up everything for Daniel trying to blackmail Deacon into getting Amber out of the picture. Of course, that's Phyllis, always meddling. By the way, who would have wanted Phyllis marrying their son??

We all know Jill is a trollop, so here she goes again!
Susan
Ruidoso, NM - Tue Dec 15 07:33:33 MST 2009

I couldn't remember where I saw this tucker dude before~~ He was the father on "Boy Meets World" I feel better now - also if Jill had sex with him - would that make her a Tucker *ucker?
dave
- Mon Dec 14 16:04:49 MST 2009

WILLIE: Let's hope if Y & R goes, they will at least have all the storylines wrapped up and everyone will have a happy ending. Not to worry, if we miss all the infidelity, nastiness, etc., we can always turn to golf.

JEAN: Today we broke a 150-year old record for snow and cold. Often we don't even GET snow until Christmas. So today the kids trundled off to the school bus in a temperature of -40C, that would be -40 Fahrenheit. Our capital city, Edmonton, was -48C this morning. Not taking into account any wind chills. Dang, we Canadians are a hardy bunch.

I want to bang Sharon's head against a wall.

Cactus
in the deep freeze in Alberta - Mon Dec 14 15:03:06 MST 2009

Hi - Do you get this - The whole neighborhood came out to help Philis. As dumb as the idea sounds, that shows real comradery amongst friends to do that.

I knew it - Ryder and this redheaded chick are in this evil scheme together. How long will it take to find out their ploys? > The way I see it- - You have to cut the power to the light switch before you fix the light or switch; Ryder is that power line, and Deacon and that Redhead is the light switch. People gotta cut his influences first, then the rest. What do you think, gang?

Tucker is tucking his head into Jill's neck and I bet she'll mold like clay in his hands. Maybe not.

Maybe Y+R is going to the dump for new material.

rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Dec 14 14:59:59 MST 2009

rcsmiley, I have to admit I've somehow gotten away from watching any football this year, except for USC and that turned out to be a bummer. I do intend to watch some of the playoffs though, particularly the Chargers, who are now the only Cal team close to where I live in Hemet.

A lot of recent comments express the frustration that I've felt for a long time. Debs, you are the most expressive one, particularly your final plea for the Y&R bunch to try getting REAL for a change. When I first started posting here, my first gripe was about this multi-billionaire running his empire with no one but a few relatives and living on a ranch with one servant and interested in nothing about his many companies except "acquisitions". Do they ever have union problems, delivery delays, lawsuits about sexual harassment, ANY of the day-to-day running of a large business? Of course not.

And now we have a brand-new detective on the GC force with nothing in the way of a police acadamy or any training other than being an MP in Iraq, which is a lot different from being a city cop.

Another thing that's annoying is how they seldom let anybody really forget a previous love and go full-fledged into the future. Nick and Sharon, Billy and Chloe, Mac and Billy, they all still cast those longing eyes at each other. At least, Lily and Cane seem to be fully-committed but what do you want to bet they won't be allowed to have a decent life; she'll have relapses, he'll probably get a wandering eye, something to screw things up.

Anybody want to give odds that Y&R will follow World Turns into oblivion in the not too distant future?

Willie
- Mon Dec 14 14:46:01 MST 2009

Y&R - just saw about 10 minutes today and that was enough. I can't believe this Daniel thing is still going on. Please. And OMG, that guy with Jill, all he needs is a few gold chains around his neck, and bell bottom hip huggers. How cheesy. The junk yard thing was unbelievable. I give Y&R one more yeat before it is thru.

Okay this is old news, but I've been busy and haven't had a chance to chat -

MaryW - first, I love Adam Lamberts song for your entertainment. The words/meaning are pretty S&M, but I love the beat and his voice. Okay about critizem (sp). It depends on how close you are to the person, and how it is said. Take NC and I. She hints that I need more nutrishsion. (another sp), instead of calling me a skinny ass bitch. I tell her she needs to try to exercise more, instead of telling her to get off your big butt and get a move on. We all know our faults, just don't need someone hounding you about them or saying mean things. Okay I'm done.

Lady bug - regarding Dan's sisters funeral. The only way she would have nudged me would be out the door.

Happy belated Bday to Fireman, Sparkie, and Kim. Boy, there are a lot of December bdays. Our parents must of gotten spring fever.

Cactus - I can't believe they didn't call off school in -20 and snow. Geez, we had snow on the 4th, didn't even stick to the pavement, everyone panacked and schools closed early, along with a lot of businesses. We are candy asses down here.

My personal trainer quite last Wednesday. Going back to college. (I bought him a gag gift, a lepard thong, and I sprayed perfume on it. and a bottle of Crown Royal,,,,,he was a happy camper!!) I start with a new gal today. Won't be the same not working out with "baby cakes". LOLOL

Dan set me up a facebook page. I don't know much about it yet.....but I found Joanie!!! She is one of my friends, and a girlfiend from school. That's it so far. BTW, Joanie still cooks up a storm.

Later - no clue for dinner.

Jean
Houston - Mon Dec 14 11:07:15 MST 2009

Don't remember what to expect on tomorrow's Y&R...oh well.
Just started watching the NYGiants/Phila. Eagles game. Just hope the Jints do well with out Manning. The burden's on Jacobs to forward the ball. What do you think, Willie?
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Sun Dec 13 18:31:34 MST 2009

I'm laughing at whoever said that Katherine could knock someone out with her ring, don't remember who said it.
Mary W
CO - Sun Dec 13 10:32:01 MST 2009

Debs: I agree. Phyllis at the dump is second only to her not noticing that her stuffing had bright primary colored crayons it it!! She has enough money to set Daniel up in Brazil, but can't go to Lowes, pick up a dozen of undocumented citizens standing in front, looking for work. She could have given them enough money to find the bag and for their children to have a good Christmas. Too bad Mac is the only altruist in town. And if you don't like the undocumented, then homeless or the many out of work.

Like everything in this country...soaps are cutting back so the Sony uppers can get their big bonuses, while the viewers get less quality.

lady bug
- Sun Dec 13 05:46:34 MST 2009

For pretty much the past 30 years I have been a Y&R watcher. I have been moved, cried, laughed, prayed, hoped, wished....just about every emotion you could think of. In the past few years though not much about it has done anything for me (except P. me O.).

Then my hopes were once again ignited last year with the fast spreading word of new writers. There was new hope, anticipation for storylines, excitement about a Y&R shuffle that would bring out the best in the actors etc.... Well!! I think these writers think we are all stupid, stupid, stupid. The storylines are neither particularly interesting, even more drawn out than before and NOT in the least bit realistic. I know it is a soap but lord of lord there is so much real life material out there they could make us laugh, cry and go through all those wonderful emotions we (I) used to. I find myself predicting the storylines and outcomes weeks/months before the show ever gets there. Sure takes the fun out of it. What I once enjoyed is now something I find myself critizing and laughing at only for it's obserdity (Can't spell that).

That sure is the cleanest dump I have ever seen and every millionaire in town in rummaging through it.... gee whiz Michael and Lauren even spend their wedding anniversary there (maybe they were looking for a free meal). Then within 5 minutes and a few flashlights between them low and behold the much sought after gym bag appears. My, My it's a Christmas Miracle!

I know if I was Jill I would have laid Tucker out on the conference room table - flat on his back alright but with a knock out punch for being so deceptive. Do the actors always have to be soooooo cheap??

The utter stupidity of Sharon, I mean she's been around the block and can't see Adam for what he is - she's not lost in grief that much.

Billy is being such a bad boy these days, but his anger is actually more grief related and realistic in gettinf his revenge for Colleen. (Not that I like what they are doing with the Character).

Loved the tender moments with JT and Victoria at Billy's hearing. And EXCUSE ME JUDGE, did you say printing Victoria's "indescrtion" was kin to "porn". Just about died on that one - Judge dearest would you like me to tell you about the rest of GC.

So writers give us a break, stop treating us like cloistered idiots and give us something to sink our teeth into. Let us love and laugh and worry and celebrate with the storylines of the show and for God sake stop making everybody a murderer, unpunished criminals, so easy to lay and so uncommitted to any relationship. Give us some real life, tragety and triumph, love and heartbreak that we can believe in.

OK I feel better.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Debs
- Sat Dec 12 21:33:50 MST 2009

RC: Phyllis and the trash...reminds me of a famous landmark...Mt. Trashmore...LOL!!!
lady bug
- Sat Dec 12 12:40:43 MST 2009

This guy Tucker wants the whole 25%, eh? But there was no discussion about the price per share he would be willing to pay over the minimum Catherine would accept? Isn't that an integral part of any negotiation? If she does accept, she could mollify the others by just adding another 10% or so to the IPO and split it among them.

Of course Phyllis could hire pros to do this dirty job but that wouldn't be dramatic enough. And in dumps I've seen on TV news, there's no neatly piled small groups of stuff separated by little clean paths, either. They're great big mountains of garbage with flocks of pigeons or gulls hovering over them.

In real life, any inmate with unexplained injuries would quickly be segregated for his safety but dear Heather, as usual, wants proof of an attack! For pete's sake, can't they have just one bit of reality creep in here?

(Wait! I just said yesterday I had to quit being so critical! Dang it all, anyway! Sorry, producers, sorry writers, sorry directors! We don't want you to go away, do we?)

Willie
- Fri Dec 11 19:09:48 MST 2009

Well, this guy, what is he? Tucker, just threw Jill a curve by showing up at Chancellor...after their romp at the hotel. So he wants to buy 1/4 of the stock value? Well, let's see.

Aren't ya glad the judge is holding Billy to provide evidence for a clean mag? ...And off to jail!

When is Phyllis gonna learn? Her involvement will only "stink up" her son's case ('scuse the pun...She wants to search acres of a landfill for evidence) How 'bout this? All Phyllis has to in that landfill is light up a cigarette.

That Tucker, who I don't trust btw, really raises Jill's temps!
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Fri Dec 11 17:51:42 MST 2009

Cactus - I'm with you, gimme that dump!!
Now on the otherhand if I had Nick's money and if I was married to him, trust me I would!!!! I'd be hiring me some professional dump trackers and getting to that gym bag a whole lot faster.

Haven't seen the last two days but get the feeling our Daniel is in for a good prison hiding (beat up). Gosh the "big" guy would only have to sit on him.....of course there would then be Phyllis to deal with.

Tsk, Tsk, Jill. - How come they all pass themselves off as prowess in the bedroom yet they either have an ex, potential divorce or nobody to call their own.... seriously Jill, How good could you be if your prize is an incognito bartender. She was cheaper than a street walker, all she cost was a spanish coffee.......my, my where did all that come from. Y&R is corrupting me.
Debs
- Fri Dec 11 17:17:33 MST 2009

Happy Birthday Kim...hope your birthday was a good one...thanks for all the safe driving on all our trips.
sparkie
burlington,ontario - Fri Dec 11 16:34:05 MST 2009

Fireman, sorry I missed your birthday. Hope your new year brings you much love and laughter.

Jill, couldn't you jump into bed a little faster!!!!!!

Yep, Phyllis, I sure would be rummaging around in a public dump with bare hands, yessiree bob ... better have that Purell handy.

Not sure about the new power guy. He's too familiar. Expected a J.R. Ewing type.
Cactus
Couldn't be any colder in Alberta. Calgary already 7 MILLION over in their snow removal budget ... after one week ... - Fri Dec 11 14:48:04 MST 2009

Hi Everyone Happy Belated Birthday Fireman

Corbin Bersen, Jeanne Cooper's son is Helping out the Ohio Soapbox Derby , you can see the Video of him at WOIO.com he has a son named Finly (sp) hmmm Finegan Baldwin wondner if thats where they came up with the name .....

was a little cold here a few days back but all is well now... Mr P is feeling //breathing better since he was put on a strong antibiotic so Life is good ...
Im Blessed...

Pinkie
- Fri Dec 11 12:17:40 MST 2009

Kimmie I hope you get a small bus birthday cake for today and your not driving in 4 foot of snow....to the bestest bus driver...hehe...around.

Jean ... ((((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))))))))))) and jump all over baby...your entitled to today...luvs ya

Did you notice that ring on Catherine's finger...boy she could knock somebody's eyeball out with that one...
Now this Tucker person aint turning me on one bit...he appears...dark...sneaky...dirty...unkept...and assine...
When I worked the officer sat in the room with prisoner...even with a visitor...at least Daniel is handcuffed to bed
Will Billy be Daniels new roomie?
Poor Micheal he never gets a day off...

NC
Got to 21 last night and only 31 now...wind chill 23...can we say BRRRRRRRRRRRRR - Fri Dec 11 11:38:43 MST 2009

NC it was only negative. Ladybug thank you very much I really liked what you said. I had this enormous post to follow up on this issue but I've decided not to post it because I realized it was too large and it was going in the wrong direction. But thanks to everyone for your input.
Mary W
CO - Thu Dec 10 20:21:02 MST 2009

Debs : Though I'm certainly not the voice of expertise here, I thought the advice you gave to Mary W. was right-on. Even I was encouraged by your advisory comments.
And if I may, Mary, don't let a voice of criticism, or the well-meaning but hurtful comments made to you deflate your well-being. Even in mourning. LET IT ROLL OVER YOUR HEAD and LET IT GO. Life's not worth getting hurt.
By the way, criticism is supposed to help you, not hurt you.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Dec 10 20:20:43 MST 2009

Mary W. - well you sure are gettin lots of responses to your critism question. Pretty much agree with what others have said but I just feel so upset for you. I know with what you have shared with us there is much more if you read between the lines and I sense you are really hurting and in turmoil as to what to do or where life is taking you. It is hard to make a good decision when there is so much on your mind.

Sometimes others see this and I am hoping what your sister said was in love and not critism. My feelings are that you really need a friend to talk to and trust and I am sorry you have so much on your plate. It surely makes each day mentally and emotionally exhausting not to mention keeping the public face on display and raising your dauther.

I beleive whether it is advice or critism it should be done in private. Sometimes what we call critism is the truth spoken by someone we don't perhaps feel very close to. On the other hand, the saying goes..."you always hurt the one you love".

Have you considered that maybe your sister sees more than you might realize and how hard it must be for her to stand back and see you pretend everything is OK when she knows you are hurting. I think eventually something will be said that perhaps has some element of truth even if it hurts.

I honestly hope your sisters words came from a caring heart. Regardless, how you deal with it is more important. If what is said is BS, ignore it, accept that she was not being very nice for whatever reason and that she or anyone else is not going to spoil your day with unkind words.

If there is truth to what is said, take a look at it, see what you can do to change/correct the situation even if it is painful to hear. You know your sister best, if she is a good sister, give her the benefit of the doubt, she may be really hurting for you and not know what to do to help, support or comfort you. Love comes in many ways especially among family members. I just pray she is for you a source of support.

I really don't mean to lecture, I honestly feel for you and wish I could say or do something that would make things better, easier or more loving in your life/situation. I am so glad you share with us and let us try to support you even though we are only chat board friends. Your sister could be your best allie in hard days, tray not to judge or feel judged. Do something about it if you need to. Spruce up, brighten up, pick yourself back up....get out of those 3 day old sweatpants and make yourself feel beautiful again.

Your kind, caring and compassionate heart come through when you write and even as a stranger in your life I feel for you. Let your sister do the same without being offended and beleive that she only said what she did because she loves you.

On the other hand if she is just a mean spirit....to hell with it, pick yourself back up anyway and get ready to face the next day. We're with you.
Debs
- Thu Dec 10 18:25:25 MST 2009

In addition, I hope all of you in the NorthEast and MidWest are faring well during your snowstorms. ((((shiver)))). God give y'all strength for the shoveling. (Hope it ain't h-a snow).
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Dec 10 18:23:07 MST 2009

Willie : It's always good to hear from you. Liked your WW2 tale. BTW, still got the shells?LOL. Yes Phyllis should keep her pretty nose out of Daniel's beeswax; she'll just mess up the case.
>Has Heather softened her stony heart to open the case file for Paul? Maybe some good will come of it for Daniel.
>It appears Jill has found someone new to dig her nails into.
>Don't you all hope Deacon's past catches up with him? Maybe Y&R writers have made these plots so convoluted to make it more interesting. Sometimes, though I still get frustrated and annoyed.
>I was thinking....maybe with Victor out of the story for a while the story lines will improve. Except that this Daniel, Kevin, Ryder, Amber , and Deacon entanglement should be wrapped up soon. Get's tiring, no?
> Catherine's long lost daughter may be soon found?

rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Dec 10 18:15:09 MST 2009

Willie, yes The World Turns is all done come Sept. an announcement was on our local news yesterday.
Mary
Maine - Thu Dec 10 16:14:59 MST 2009

Phyllis is a loose cannon once again. Paul should never have shown her those photos; obviously, he should have turned them over to Michael, who is, after all, Daniel's lawyer! But no, first Phyllis, then Amber and then Deacon, who just happened to be at the coffee shop to hear it all. I know they had to do this to forward the plot line but it's so grating to me when they have people acting so stupid!

Debs, I agree with you about Heather-every case she's had involving our characters, she's been adamant about her position and she's been WRONG! And HQ and I both have trouble understanding her- there's something about her voice that we find hard to get.

rcsmiley, I'm one of those dwindling WW2 vets, fewer every day. But at 85, I'm in reasonable health and don't plan to leave soon. I carried an M1 rifle all around Europe and never fired a shot for real. The Germans did fire a few 88's in my general direction, but it was nothing personal, Har! As for Sharon, this gal has a well-developed sex drive, for sure! She was "active" long before her current grief.

Fireman, is it confirmed that World Turns is going? Even though Y&R is all we watch, I would hate for the genre to die. These shows give a lot of older folks something to interest them and also a lot of pretty decent actors steady jobs. I'd better quit being critical of Y&R, don't want to give anybody ammunition!

Didn't get to make my turkey soup yet. Now we're all wound up with Christmas coming in 2 weeks-Yike! That turkey rack is going to stay in the freezer a while yet!

Getting too long-winded here- so good-bye for now.

Willie
- Thu Dec 10 15:10:37 MST 2009

Toots, NC and Sparkie:, I am 39 and holding for as long as i can. If it burst out,I will automatically become 59 LOL. Am doing the same thing as last year at this time,,,,,,,,,Shoveling, snow LOL>

Mary baked me a large "yellow cake with Butter Cream Frosting",,,,,,was awesome,,,,Ok up at 4am to plow out a few elderly neighbors then off to work at 7am.

Hope all of you are doing well and are safe from the storms of Nature.
Fireman <Blizzard snowing, but beautiful day>
Maine - Wed Dec 9 22:20:38 MST 2009

Mary W. - So, anyway, to continue... any criticism meant to be constructive should at least be done privately. As Jesus said, [I don't remember the scripture placement( you know, chapt: verse)], If you have an issue with somebody, go and tell him privately. If you win him over, good, .....Well, the point is, a private criticism is better, of course, but we all know we don't always hear what we want to hear. Besides, we don't always see ourselves the way others do. OH, YES, and talking about someone behind their backs is not good either. I know. I've done it.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Wed Dec 9 19:12:46 MST 2009

Mary W. - "Constructive criticism" is a catch-word used mostly by those who give it, especially if they give it liberally. IMO. Yes, it can be effective if delivered in the proper manner. For instance, at a business meeting or party speaking to someone of their multiple faults accomplishes zip, nothing. Nothing but, as you put it, defensive responses and hurt....be back...phone.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Wed Dec 9 17:38:34 MST 2009

MaryW: I agree with NC regarding constructive criticism at work. It's understandable and necessary. But, unless someone is a drug addict and needs an intervention, I don't think criticism is good or necessary among family and friends. Those who criticize are often insecure people who feel better when they find fault in others. I would say to your sister (calmly) or email: "If I want your advice or opinion I'll ask for it. In the meantime, how about I don't judge you and you don't judge me." Furthermore, I think having a standing-all-day eight month old is a perfectly good excuse to let yourself go. Most moms I have known, unless they had a job, usually let themselves go for about two years. Then you wake up one morning in your three day old sweats and you know it's time to come back to the living.

lady bug
- Wed Dec 9 16:01:20 MST 2009

MaryW - Yes I think constructive criticism is helpful if it is presented in the right form...like when at work I was evalutated on how I did my job and some positive and some negative...it's all in how you precieve it...and how it's presented to you...others can "see" things that we are unaware of...did your sister give you any positive feedback or are you just looking at the negative and not the positive?...IMO I think this type needs to be done in person...agin IMO....see me going to my shrink is helping me to think out side of my own box.
Sqeeze that baby for me and put extra powder on her so she'll smell special tonight.

NC
Turning on CD's with Elvis for awhile.....and take some strolls around the hallway and dining area...or may dance...lolololol - Wed Dec 9 14:38:29 MST 2009

Deb I have had problems with my low back for years and have walked with a cane for last 5 or so years...especially if I walk any distances....after I was laid off I gain 35 pounds which didn't help back any and that is just about off (yea!!!)...doctor had suggested years ago that I might want to look into getting one...well my insurance didn't cover a chair unless I couldn't walk across the room...so that's how I found one in a yard sell...and lift and swing away arm for lift came later...I guess I felt like I was still in full control if I could still walk some on my own that I never told anyone.
My chair is a Jet 3...don't know if I want to try it in the snow...becuase it takes awhile to get chair off lift and unhooked etc.and you'd freeze to death...if your around snow alot (forgot where you live) then I would suggests one of the lifts that puts it in the car for you. But I tell you one thing it was worth it to be able to go up and down the rows and really shop with out being so worn out or so short of breath from all the walking.

Happy birrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrthday Mr Fireman....hope you have a blazing day....hehehehe

No Y&R for me today...
nurse connie
OMG the winds!!! at least power hasn't gone off...so many limbs down, every thing tossed around in yard... - Wed Dec 9 14:22:03 MST 2009

**Extremely long post warning**

BWAHAHA I cracked up today when Chloe and Billy put Delia down for a nap, (a baby that was not acting in the least bit tired BTW) in about 30 seconds. What a bunch of unrealistic hooey!

Did anyone else notice that ever since, months ago, we commented in the chatroom that Delia's head, while very cute, looked a tad on the large side, she has been wearing hats on the soap ever since? Coincidence??

Does everyone realize that there was a time in your life when you WANTED to stand up all day long? Yes, it was when you were 8 months old!

Fellow posters I have an issue that I would really appreciate advice on, and I pick your brains once again. What do you all think of "constructive" criticism? Is there such a thing? Or is criticism just always hurtful? My sister has taken it upon herself to inform me of some of mine and my baby daddy's shortcomings. For example, that I have let myself go (appearance wise) since the baby was born. What do you all think of actually voicing (emailing) your "concerns" about someone, to them?

I have not had a positive reaction to it, I have become very angry and defensive with my sister, (just in time for the holidays), and I'm wondering if voiced criticism, (as long as the one being criticized is not doing anything serious or hurting anybody), is ever a good idea. Thoughts? Do we really want to say anything/everything that's on our minds regarding other people, out loud? TO THEM?? Let's face it; even though we shouldn't, we all judge other people, we may have at times talked about someone behind their back. We all try to keep these things to a minimum. But isn't it taking it to an entirely different level when you actually tell the person these things to their face? My point is is that I don't think criticism accomplishes anything, because in all likelihood the person isn't going to change just because you pointed something out to them, and they are most likely just going to get defensive and hurt. I wondered if anyone has ever done this or been on the receiving end of this and what the results were. Thanks.

NC I was laughing out loud at your "Hoveround wheelchair" story! Those dishwashers didn't stand a chance!
Mary W <Call the press! Elvis lives in Deb's basement!>
CO - Wed Dec 9 13:02:54 MST 2009

Happy Birthday Fireman....I'm sure Mary will bake you a cake.
sparkie
burlington,ontario - Wed Dec 9 12:06:04 MST 2009

I have just figured it out who Chloe looks like~~~ at least her eyes anyway... ready?

Bernadette Peters

take a second look - her eyes~~~~
David
- Wed Dec 9 10:44:37 MST 2009

FIREMAN: You young man !! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!! Sure you will have a good one and keep on going like the energizer bunny...LOL
The winds are wild here today~~~ hope these tall trees stay in the ground:
My sister wrote, snow storm terrible there. Schools closed, along with other things in New Hampshire..

Toots
WindyOhio - Wed Dec 9 09:31:42 MST 2009

Listening to Sade, "The Sweetest Taboo"
Well, Phyl is right. Deacon is to blame for Daniel's current condition.
But Deacon has an alibi and the smarts to beat it. Besides, he don't move unless Ryder pulls the strings, I guess.
Didn't slimy Adam know he took that phone call in Nick's ear space? So Nick's pot is boiling more and more. (see below)

Yeah, Debs - Heather gets too involved in client's and non-client's lives to make correct counsel. Thank you, Debs.

****Nick belted Adam for screwing his ex, but Nick doesn't recognize that people (both genders) deal with grief differently, I know I did, and I guess Sharon dealt with her grief by having sex. What do you all think?

Kevin, take Daniel's advice - watch out for Ryder. Seems to me Kevin is the key for Ryder to get int other people's lives and money.
Now that Nick's butt is on the grill for belting Adam - sight-impaired, an employee, etc. - .......
> Hey! Now that we've heard Nick's assessment thkat Adam coordinated being found in bed w/Sharon and spoke so confidently about the relationship that it's no surprise Nick punched him 'cause Adam schemed it from the start.

Hopefully, Paul's attempts will work.
And Sharon puts Adam on the grill. Good.

Nurse Connie : So glad everything's OK and you had a good laugh. It's good medicine, eh?
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Dec 8 18:19:18 MST 2009

LadyBug - I have to agree. I read that post on the dead SIL and thought I had seen it all. What a terribly sad legacy to leave behind. Glad the seat was claimed. Wonder if the SIL is turning over in her grave. No disrespect intended but a very bitter bequest.

Mary W. just noticed your Elvis loves Christmas email. I am just in the process of replacing Elvis!!!! My little guy took a fancy to his music a few years back and we had it all. Posters, pictures, dolss, vehicles, birth certifcates, marriage, death you name it. the ceiling was covered in elvis rugs, I even made him bed linens with all Elvis hit records on them, drapes etc... It really was a beautiful room. I even tracked down the foot depth border that had the pictures of his LP's on it - cost me almost $300 just for the border....the things we do for our kids. Well of course when he got to be 16/17 Elvis wasn't cool to have for a room so it moved to hockey and Elvis moved to boxes in storage. Well, now he has moved into the basement and Elvis lives!!!! He is going back up on the walls, ceilings, shelves, every nook and cranny will be filled. Some pretty neat stuff that we collected for him over the year.

Nurse Connnie - glad you got a good laugh. Sorry I never knew/missed hearing you were incapacitated. I was off the board for some months myself, last I knew you were out of work and Charlie had the heart attack. Was wondering about those scooters in the winter weather. my hubby needs one. He uses a walker now but it was slip, sliding away in the first snow fall. Do you recommend any in particular??

Winter storm due tonight......tea call, gotta go.
Have a great day everyone.
Debs
- Tue Dec 8 17:17:58 MST 2009

NEWS FLASH: As the World Turns is having its last show next Sept., leaving only Y&R and Bold/Beautiful. How soon before one of the remaining two leave?
Fireman
Maine - Tue Dec 8 15:50:30 MST 2009

sick to death of adam story line. i'm officially done with y & r
trish <epjmarcella@hotmail.com>
ontario - Tue Dec 8 14:55:51 MST 2009

OMG !!! OMG !!! can you believe the story lines....I watched 90% of it today...
Phyllis hell bent on helping her son...why doesn't she do that 100% of the time...when things are smooth sailing in his life...ex Amber, art etc....
Nick what a fool....you could see Jr. setting him up for the blows he got...Keep you nose and other various pointy objections of your body away from Sharon...LIFE GOES OB BUDDY!!!
And this Ryder guy...what a joke...someone needs to get him by the gonads and twirl him around a time or two...Kevin deserves his issues with him....
I like Heather BUT they need to tweke (sp) her postion some...

Cold and raining here...43 and slight wind with wind predictions to gust of 80 miles and hour later tonight and tomorrow...maybe this is the tail end of cactus snow storm...brrrrrrrr poor Charlie has finaly gotten all outside waterpipes covered for the cold...here our trailer and Jason's home...

War story here...You all know I've had several physical problems...one being I can't walk any far distances....well with yard sells and friends I have an electric wheelchair with a lift and moveable arm so we can get into the trunk of the car...I feel comfortable around the house going to the mailbox and going down to garage and talking to or watching Charlie work on his cars.....BIG momment we took it to Home Depot sunday and I got it ok off my lift and in the door...I was looking for the dishwasher and they had a bunch marked down...I eased up to two of them to get a good look and my sweather hooked on my power stick to move forward and I couldn't figure out what was going on I was trying to get out of chair and it was still going...lolol...Charlie to the rescue...after over and all said and done it almost turned into a scratch and dent sell (*_*)...Charlie said I was getting arrested for reckless drving and attempted murder of TWO dishwashers !!!! Long story I know but it was one of the best damn laughs I'd had in a long time...so I know I'm getting close to being myself again and to me thats good....I did end up buying one of the D/W I tried to kill...a GE...does everything but load and unload it's self...and no there wasn't any dents from my accident...lolololol

nurse connie
Got a few more gifts today...almost done shopping....I'm thinking breakfast for supper...... - Tue Dec 8 13:17:36 MST 2009

MaryW...thanks for filling me in.
sparkie
burlington,ontario - Tue Dec 8 10:18:03 MST 2009

Jean/MaryW: A person would have to be very miserable and unevolved if their dying wish is to give someone one last jab. If you believe in life after death (I do, but not in a religious sense) then I would hope that after I die, if I live on, I'll be gentler, kinder and more forgiving. Maybe your SIL, Jean, did see things differently and nudged you over to sit next to Dan. (The Christmas season puts me in a Pollyanna state of mind...LOL!)
lady bug
- Tue Dec 8 06:10:27 MST 2009

Jean your SIL's last wish is one of the most vindictive, spiteful, useless things that I've ever heard of in my life. It actually sounds like bad soap opera writing. What a waste of a last dying wish, and something you wouldn't want people to remember you for.

Sparkie amazingly, Mrs. C got ordained as a minister that can administer weddings on the internet, in about, what would you say, people who saw it? In about five minutes? LOL
Mary W <Elvis loved Christmas>
CO - Mon Dec 7 23:23:29 MST 2009

Thanks for the birthday wishes....and Nurse Connie a wee bit cool for the bike...we had our first snow flurries today. I'll send them to Jean, cause we don't want them. Oh yeah, I just love Elvis","Blue Christmas"

Fireman...that must of been one "great" Thanksgiving get-together with all those people, sounds like alot of fun.
sparkie
burlington,ontario - Mon Dec 7 22:17:35 MST 2009

R.C. - gosh I can't agree with you on Heather. IMO she sucks as a DA. Has way to many personal relationships involved with the cases she works on. Can be manipulated by anybody and now it appears is willing to compromise her ethics to keep her new boss off her back. I was wondering though, now she is back in the picture, if she will be the one to unravel the "I know what ADAM did story".

Please somebody unravel it....

I'm not quite sure where I stand on the Mac surrogacy, again it is for me too close in family relationships. Now one might say that is the best way...all for one and one for all. But there is so much animosity between Billy and Cain and it has already destroyed Mac and Billy's relationship.... only more of the same to come. How about something, anything positive for a change. I also see Mac being unable to give the baby up later. Wish Y&R was not so predictable.

I do not like the way Billy is being portrayed lately, and the way the magazine is now being run....watch out Ashley, there goes your investment.

Agree, wrap up the stupid painting storyline....me thinks it might be Daisy who shot the guy in the alley. Phyllis, keep your nose out of your son's marriage and treat his wife with some respect or you will deserve all you get including losing your son to the woman YOU hate. Where does phyllis get off being all values and what's good for you she is one of the most devious, evil personalities on the show. I used to admire her spunk now she just iritates the s--t out of me.
Debs
- Mon Dec 7 21:17:27 MST 2009

Hi, How are you all?
Many cheers and mournings for those who survived Pearl Harbor. It's a shame so many survivors of WWII are passing every day.

Y+R - They may not be married anymore, but clearly Nick is pissed about Adam bedding w/Sharon and rightly thinks Adam is just using this "venue", if you will, to use who he wants for his own ends. I think he does it just to piss off his half-brother (step- ).

Many, or some of you, know personally about surrogacy. How do you think of Mac's emotional outcome after the surrogate activity is over? And of course, what of Lily? I do, however, think that Mac's volunteering on Lily's behalf is great.

Phyllis has got to get her finger into everyone's business, including the law for jailing her son. Granted, the evidence is stacked against him and he may really be innocent, but she will be no help to him, imo.

Hope all is well.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Dec 7 16:01:47 MST 2009

I'm still around, just don't have time to see Y & R too often. Try to catch up once a week. Just survived our first big storm of the season and it was a doozy. Sooooooooo cold today. In U.S. temps it is -18 below. Our schools didn't close!

Adam and Sharon is about as sick as it gets.

Agree totally about Amber's hair -- just awful. I was trying to remember which big Hollywood star it was who so overprocessed her hair she had to shave it and wear a wig until it grew back naturally.

Cactus
Alberta, Canada ... keeping warm today - Mon Dec 7 14:43:10 MST 2009

Dangnation....I was going to tell sparkie happpppppy day too and hope you had the day off too...if not I hope it's an awesome day and they rememnbered your bd....a little too cool for a bike ride....lololol

I watched about 20 minutes of Y&R and was sooooooooooooooooooooooo lost with the new people....and I'm proud what Mac is doing for Cane and Lily....I would hope I could do that for a friend I loved in their situation....what love

Opps time for an eggnog break and a cookie....
toots I see your lights at night and how pretty...what a good job!!!

nurse connie
I'm dreaming of a white Christmas...I'll be so blue without you...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Elvis aint dead I hear him singing (*_*) - Mon Dec 7 12:50:05 MST 2009

Fireman...thanks for the birthday wishes...i'm still here, read the posts daily, but like the others really don't have much to say..

btw...is it legal, that Katherine did the marriage ceremony for Daniel and Amber?
sparkie
burlington,ontario - Mon Dec 7 12:06:58 MST 2009

Yes to what NC said in her post about Pearl Harbor !

Sparkie: If you still read this, please have a wonderful birth day. Day off with rest, just for you. Eat all the cake you can hold. "sugar free" that is LOL

Fireman
Maine - Mon Dec 7 11:08:53 MST 2009

Rembemering Pearl Habor Day to our Vets who served our country...my dad was one of those awesome men...THANKS for helping to protect us as a country....God Bless those left ((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))

nurse connie
We're having spagetti tonight...yum....sauce is making house smellish...lolol - Mon Dec 7 09:58:16 MST 2009

Well, is there any man on Y&R that Sharon hasn't slept with? Paul, maybe, unless I have forgotten that one.

I'm ready for Victor and Nikki to come back. They need to move on with the Daniel and art work storyline.

Boy, Adam really likes to push Nick's buttons, and knows how to do it!!
Susan
Ruidoso, NM - Mon Dec 7 07:22:43 MST 2009

Fireman - I didn't make a snow angel......I have made them in the past....fun!! BUT, I went to the gym that day and had shorts on, with snow flakes all over me. Wish someone would have taken a pic.

MaryW - don't mind you asking me anything. Dan's sister never liked me, and her last wishes were that I could not sit in the family row. I had to sit with the cousins on the third row. During a hug prayer I went up to hug Dan and he patted the seat next to him and I sat down. Some no body jumped my s*^t that I disrupted the service. Geez, I hope that this topic doesn't bring back the no body again. But you asked...I don't care. (Don't thing she realized that she hurt Dan more than me)!

Nite Chet- dinner was great
Jean
Houston - Sun Dec 6 22:55:51 MST 2009

Jean why weren't you allowed to sit next to your husband at the funeral? (Just curious)
Mary W
CO - Sun Dec 6 21:09:57 MST 2009

Thanks Jean ! Any post is better then "NO" post LOL.
Make a snow angel LOL My nice also said it snowed in Houston.
Fireman
Maine - Sun Dec 6 21:03:11 MST 2009

Vail Bloom (Heather from Y & R) is on Cold Case tonight.
Mary
Maine - Sun Dec 6 19:39:57 MST 2009

MaryW - Oh, yes I remember those fights. I have been picked on a few times (always "NO NAMES") that aren't bold enough to post their names. Ones I remember was I wasn't allowed to sit with Dan at his sisters funeral and half way thru I got up and sat next to him (couch blocked that pest), and the other was I made a comment about Dan's parents Thankgiving meal. kko got into a disagreement with emeily, and recently a no name got on to adb about her comments to RC. Hey folks, there are alot more things to worry about. Can't everyone just get a long?????

Fireman - I really don't post because I don't watch Y&R any more. I turned it on the other day and didn't know half of the characters!! I'll try to chat more often, Just stuff. But no Y&R

We got our decorations up outside yesterday, and bought our tree today and decorated it. Smells great in the house. BTW it snowed here Wednesday. WEPA Very pretty.

Okay, my signature over and out.

Later - Roast chicken, mashed taters, and asparagus tonight.

Jean
Houston - Sun Dec 6 18:49:35 MST 2009

Oh don't forget to add Betty Boop to the list! RIP!
Mary W
CO - Sun Dec 6 16:50:10 MST 2009

Mary and Fireman that is quite the list of posters--that very well may be everyone? I remember two "fights" in the chatroom. One of them an African American lady did not like the saying "the pot calling the kettle black" even though it was in no reference to the word black being used that way. I think that was Coco, haven't seen her post since. And Loki and I got into it about a free speech disagreement and haven't heard anything from her since that either. Sigh, oh well, it's still fun to compose the list of chatterers.
Mary W <Very cold and snowy in CO>
CO - Sun Dec 6 16:49:03 MST 2009

Morning every one. The sun shines brightly but COLD..Finished getting the tree decorated yesterday and then quite a bit of wrapping...New neighbor right across from me decorated with red, green and blue lights clear across ridge of the roof the eaves, and up both sides of the drive way, Sooo pretty and I get to enjoy it when ever I pass a window.
Pinkie: I been thinking of you. How is Mr. Pinkie doing? You?
I best get on out of here and get the day going :O)
Toots
Ohio - Sun Dec 6 06:27:23 MST 2009

Leave it to Connie to fan all that snow our way! Here we just had two days that were almost 70 (!!!!) and today we were getting our metal roof installed and it started to snow. Half the roof is done and they hopefully will get the other half on Monday,(if no more snow comes along)!

I know the temps have been crazy and I can not remember a December when we didn't have to have some heat every night, but then two days ago it happened and I must say it was a nice early Christmas gift.Days like that every now and then make the winter a whole lot easier to take. We know the cold and storms are just around the corner.

I started wrapping gifts today and made quite a dent.
Mary
Maine - Sat Dec 5 22:02:35 MST 2009

Yes today was couch/Jeanne birthday I almost ate libers in memory of her...lolol What an awesome person...sure wish Zack would pop in and say hey and what's new with him...I know he moved but are you dating?? Still working?? Do we drive you crazy with our nonsense....sure hope so (*_*)

I haven't watch any Y&R this week...so there

OMG we had 2-3 inches of snow this morning but only patches left late in afternoon...cold to get to 24 tonight...Brrrrrrrrrrr

nurse connie <letitsnowletitsnow.com>
We had chicken salad on toast for din din...yummmmmmmmmmmmm - Sat Dec 5 20:05:23 MST 2009

OK and now I will try to name some of the older (not in years) posters LOL.

Where are you????
Frances, Cindy, Jellie, Mary B.,Cactus, Joanbug, Robin, Shoe, Rosebud, NC, Izzy, Claude, Emelie, Joanie, Toots, KKO, Totsie, Willie, Dekesgrl, Zoe, Jam, Mary W., Rene, Don, Pinkie, LaKing, Bridget,Sparkie, Kim, KKO,ADB & Jean,coug, MaryW.

I do not have all the names of the new comers so am sorry.
Welcome to the chat room, and please, if you want to, let us know your birth dates and or anniversaries.

From Mary: Toto, Kiwi, Loki,Bev,Coco,Karen In The Woods,Amy.

Fireman <Balmy >
Maine - Sat Dec 5 15:47:16 MST 2009

Couch ! Happy birthday, where ever you might be. We all owe a gratitude of thanks to you and Zack for this site. Rest in peace our friend.

Sorry if some of you do not know the founder of this site. I never met/talked with her, but many of the older chatters have, including Mary, "my wife" and she has been missed a lot.

I am hoping, Nurse Connie will add to this post, as to the great times that were had in "real chat" time, and the discipline of the room.
It seems, many of the chatters have gone away or are just lurking. Even if it is not about "Y&R", at least say hello, once in awhile.

Another post is forthcoming.

Fireman
Maine - Sat Dec 5 15:20:32 MST 2009

Hi, folks,- - Today's show Sharon looks like a mess-emotionally. She's got Adam in her bed, while she's mourning another child and another marriage....I guess she needs some crumb like Adam for comfort.

By the way, the info on Deacon was an eye-opener. Kevin's heavy "sunglasses" prevent him from seeing how this Ryder fellow and Deacon work together with - er - what's her name.

And Daniel- - -Couldn't he keep his mouth shut? Heather's a real good DA. I guess, to squeeze that stuff about the alley out of him, info even I don't think he's certain about. Might just be enough to fry him, excuse the expression. What do ya think?
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Fri Dec 4 20:06:32 MST 2009

What did daniel do in the alley, that brought us all to this day?

Why is everyone dressed up? - is it for court?? I guess a Night Court?
DAVID
- Fri Dec 4 11:00:06 MST 2009

yeah - sorry for that explanation re: Deacon - I just lifted it from some site - notice that Deacon ALSO pulled that crap with the phone off the hook while he was with someone else?
David
- Fri Dec 4 02:37:07 MST 2009

Hi, everyone! Enjoyed reading all your inputs, including Dave's (long as it was. Some of those stories sounded familiar, though I didn't see B&B - maybe that's how I know Deacon has a questionable past). Debs story about the tree was really neat. Yes, Willie, the story lines are finally getting better, finding new people to despise. Like that Ryder whom I'd trust like a shark at night. Willie and HQ, enjoy the turkey soup! Take care, everyone.
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Dec 3 19:46:46 MST 2009

I just watched Y&R and am wondering what has happened to the people that do the hair of the actors~~~ Ambers hair is so awful!!!! worse than any I have ever seen..Phyllis with a ponytail(to old for that) Cloe She is really lovely but her hair tooo short to be pinned back... out side of that show not bad today....:O)

Toots
not a pretty day in Ohio - Thu Dec 3 18:55:04 MST 2009

Yeah...that was so odd that Ashley took the baby out in a Wisconsin winter with just a diaper!

I thought the plaque was wrong. Just the fact that Faith Newman is alive and to have a grave marker of sorts...bad idea.

What's with Amber's hair??? I'm not a fan of platinum blonde anyway but her's looks like straw.

I hope Chloe was being honest about not loving Billy anymore. I would so hate to see her hurt Chance.

I haven't watched any regular TV shows in a long time. I'm more of a reality show type. Until GLEE. I love, love, LOVE that show!! I resisted it for a long time because I thought it would be too cheezy. It is kind of but in a nice way. The show has made me cry three times. Not that is was sad, but very touching and poignant.

lady bug
- Thu Dec 3 16:36:51 MST 2009

I read every post Mary but sometimes just don't have anything good to say!! I do think it was odd that Ashley had the baby up in the mountains in winter in Wisconsin and the baby was wearing a diaper and a coat...What the??? Where were baby's clothes???
Mary W
CO - Thu Dec 3 14:19:56 MST 2009

It's raining, it's pouring and fireman is snoring!! lol
Dark and gloomy in Maine today.

Where is Frances, how is Mr. Pinkie, Rosebud where have you disappeared to, coug ?, Jean what's up with the trainer? In other words where are all of you? Even if you don't watch check in and let us know you are hovering in the background somewhere!

Time to head out the door. Have a good one everyone.
Mary
Maine - Thu Dec 3 07:33:10 MST 2009

I just got it Ashley Newman is THE LOVE OF VICTORS LIFE and Nikki is his SOULMATE. No wonder its hard to choose.
Taylor
- Thu Dec 3 00:27:44 MST 2009

WILLIE: You are a man after my own heart! I LOVE Suzy Bogguss, play her all the time, and think it's a shame many of the artists like her have gone by the wayside. I am waiting for Shania Twain to have her come-back and watch her kick some butt!
Cactus
- Wed Dec 2 20:45:29 MST 2009

So now we have another new evil character, blond guy, no less.

As I type, I'm listening to Jo Dee Messina singing "I guess I'm doin' all right" One of my weaknesses is a great liking for female country singers. Put on something by Faith Hill, Reba, Deana Carter, Suzy Bogguss, Martina McBride or any other gal and I'm "doin' all right"!

How was that for a great non sequitur? Anyway, about Y&R, HQ and I think recent plot lines have grown more interesting. Hope they keep it up.

Are you guys still eating turkey, like we are? Next week, the rack is going into a big pot to make turkey soup! Yay!
Willie
- Wed Dec 2 16:07:13 MST 2009

Oh my goodness, 10 years ago how old was Amber? 12?
Cactus
- Wed Dec 2 14:43:21 MST 2009

Way to go Rebecca!!!
How about we all protest the Adam/Sharon/Baby storyline and see if the writers are listening.....lets all boycott Y&R!!!...................now who are we going to talk about!

Re: Phyllis baby plaque. Yes it is a lovely idea and nice way to remember the baby......but.. 1st. It isn't Phyllis or Nick's place to be nailing such a personal item to the tree. Mostly though.. Faith (Ashley's Faith) has the same name and birth date...How do you think she will feel in a few years seeing her name/death on the tree. Wonder if they will take it down when/if the truth ever comes out or get value for their money by then saying it is in memory of Ashley's real baby!!!

Talking of memorials. I planted a tree for my 18 year old nephew and did some major landscaping last year, moved the tree to a more prominent spot with more growth space. Got up the next morning and it had been stolen overnight - along with all the other new plants I'd spent a week working on. I was so upset I went around the neibourhood looking for it. Found it in a ditch but it was majorly damaged and did not make it. (Think they dropped it because the pine needles were sticking into their thieving hands). Never found any of the other plants. Then at Easter I woke up to see someone had replaced the stolen tree. It was so moving as I had just lost my dad the week before and really brought home the message of Easter - New life. I put up his picture and said why the tree was planted and it has been left alone.

I don't know if the person who took the tree replaced it - or where it came from I just see it everyday and know that there is unexpected goodness around us.
Debs
- Tue Dec 1 20:19:17 MST 2009

David thanks for that info...I read all of it too...lolol

NC
Good greif I can't get warm today....brrrr - Tue Dec 1 18:27:45 MST 2009

This is the past about Deacon - from the "Bold and the Beautiful" web-site. If you want to find out Ambers' past with Deacon -please read on............................................................

Brief Character History

In an eleventh hour move to stop Amber and CJ's wedding in October 2000, Rick tracked down the biological father of "little Eric" in order for him to sign over parental rights to him and Amber. Rick offered Deacon $100,000 for full custody rights to Eric III and he initially agreed. When Deacon faltered, Jonathan initiated a plan for the Forresters to force him into the deal. When Deacon discovered a bug and recording device, he took the papers and left the Forresters empty handed. The Spectras and Forresters started a bidding war for Little Eric. Deacon took the child to live with him and his girlfriend, Carmen, at his apartment above his club, The Lair. Deacon's attraction for Amber soon developed into much deeper feelings of affection. Carmen became suspicious of Amber's constant visits and Deacon's motive for not accepting the $1million offer. Carmen's jealousy intensified one night when she took Little Eric to the rooftop of Deacon's building. Amber confronted Carmen who hesitantly returned Eric to Deacon. The confrontation ensued, there was a struggle and Carmen fell to her death.

When Darryl, Deacon's father, paid Deacon a visit and left him battered and unconscious. Deacon vowed to be a better father than Daryl ever was as he continued to develop feelings for Little Eric. A legal arrangement outside of the Forrester family influence had Amber agree to a four month live-in arrangement with Deacon and Little Eric, at the end of which Deacon would relinquish all parental rights and let Amber walk away with Little Eric. Brooke's interference and convincing photographs of Rick and Amanda kissing at their interstate tennis match drove Amber into Deacons arms. A friendly kiss was interpreted by Rick as a reason to end his engagement to Amber. Deacon organized a surprise getaway for Amber to Las Vegas where they bonded. An encounter with Daryl led to a breakthrough for Deacon in overcoming his childhood demons. Stephanie informed Rick of Brooke's manipulation and searched for Amber. Rick and Amber soon reunited and planned to marry. Amber asked, and Deacon agreed, to sign papers releasing her from the four month agreement but allowing visitation to Little Eric. Eric, Stephanie, Brooke and Thorne visited Deacon at his club. He was furious when Eric boasted about not having to pay the $1million. Deacon ordered them out and promised that they would all pay for the abuse. Deacon soon developed a friendship with Bridget and both were unaware of who the other was until Bridget left Deacon her number revealing her as a Forrester. Deacon came clean and told her his name. Bridget was stunned when she realized who he was but Deacon manipulated her into thinking he cared for her. Before moving ahead with his plan to use Bridget, Deacon tried to get Rick, Brooke and Amber to stop the wedding. When Amber and Rick's wedding began, Eric stood up and asked the minister to stop as he approached Deacon and demanded he leave immediately. Eric and Brooke were mortified when Bridget announced that Deacon was her date!

The guests were asked to leave and Deacon and Amber went to the den to talk while the rest of the Forresters tried to make Bridget see Deacon's true intentions. When Rick, Eric and Brooke entered the den, Deacon forced them to choose between Amber and Bridget stating he would be leaving with one of them. Eric, Ridge and Thorne beat Deacon before throwing him out of the Forrester mansion. Bridget ran after him. In the car, Deacon proposed, they drove to Las Vegas and got married. The Forresters were shocked and appalled when they learned of Bridget's marriage and resolved the situation temporarily by letting the newlyweds stay at Taylor's Beach house without any family interference. When Eric, Brooke and Rick called Deacon on the speaker phone demanding Bridget be sent home, Deacon retaliated by leaving the phone off the hook as he made love to Bridget. The following day, Deacon has hit by a car as he exited Insomnia. At the hospital, Bridget's faith in Deacon was strengthened when he chose not to press charges against the driver who hit him - Eric.

Deacon showed guilt over his actions related to Bridget but felt it was necessary to get Amber and "Little D" back. Bridget was devastated when she overheard Deacon admit to Amber that their marriage was a farce. Bridget confronted Deacon after Amber left and drove off, humiliated. When Deacon followed her, Bridget slammed her foot on the accelerator and lost control of the car. Deacon watched helplessly as she swerved off the road. While Bidget was unconscious and still recovering from surgery, Deacon realized he did have feelings for Bridget. Deacon admitted he didn't realize how important Bridget was to him until the accident occurred and wanted to make their marriage a real one.

Despite hesitation and pressure from her family, Bridget decided to give their marriage a second chance. After Brooke insisted that Amber and Deacon discuss their feelings with one another, the two of them agreed to part ways and make their respective marriages work. Little Eric broke into a fever and brought Amber and Deacon together. They shared a passionate kiss. When Amber learned she was pregnant with Rick's baby, Deacon confessed his love. Deacon went home and told Bridget not to worry about her birth control and fantasized about making love to Amber. Brooke begged Deacon to divorce Bridget. After some faltering, Deacon began to feel that he was holding Bridget back and agreed to leave her. As they discussed stupid things they had done in the name of love, Brooke and Deacon gave in to their attraction for each other and made love.

At Big Bear, Deacon asked Bridget for a divorce. He confessed to her that he slept with someone else, but he still loved her. Bridget stood by her man and gave him another chance. At Tony and Kristen's wedding, Brooke felt ill and a pregnancy test confirmed her condition. Upon learning she was pregnant, Brooke didn't tell anyone and went to a spa while Deacon stayed in LA with his wife. Deacon helped Rick save Brooke's company from being taken over by Ridge. Brooke rewarded Deacon with the job of Head of Promotions at Forrester. After news of Brooke's pregnancy came out, Whip Jones, the man who would have had Deacon's promotion, claimed to be the father and started blackmailing Brooke. Deacon became furious when Whip tried to seduce her away from him. Deacon continued his affair with Brooke off-and-on for months. Brooke couldn't take the guilt and moved to Paris with Whip so she would be able to fight her urge to be with Deacon. Deacon went to Paris after a disturbing phone call from Whip and again slept with Brooke. Feeling so horrible about hurting her daughter again, Brooke accepted a proposal from Whip, assuming her affair with Deacon would end.

Deacon married Macy in 2003, and the two raised Little Eric together. Macy died in a tragic accident not long thereafter, and Deacon was left to raise his son alone. He tried to get his ex-wife, Bridget, back, but she was committed to Oscar Marone. Not long after, Deacon began an affair with Jackie Marone. When Massimo had a stroke, Deacon delighted in tormenting him by telling him about the affair with Jackie, even drugging Jackie with Massimo fully aware. Massimo recovered but Jackie stayed with Deacon. Shortly after Heather Engle came to work for Deacon, he started having the old craving for liquor, not realizing that Heather was in league with Massimo to get revenge on Deacon. After realizing he couldn't stop the thirst, Deacon left Los Angeles to get his life back together, leaving Jackie behind.

DAVID
- Tue Dec 1 10:42:49 MST 2009

OK - just turned on the YR~~ Sharon is in bed with Adam, and I'm goin' WTF? WTF??? She was married to Nick - all the hunk of a man, and now she's 'fesh-shtooping' that adam person - note the lower case - it WAS intended!!!????

Make any sense? no
DAVID
- Tue Dec 1 10:35:33 MST 2009

OMG I hope Frances is lurking and reads this because she will pee all over hersalf...
Ok I've been cooking turkeys for 39 years and before marriage helping mom in the kitchen...I cooked my turkey, ham and dressing all in the oven as usual...in two hours dressing was done...three hours ham removed it was done...continued with turkey and it was in there 4 and half hours...pulled it out to rest...and started cutting...Charlie said come look at this turkey it looks funny...half was down it was still pink/raw....OMG!!! OMG!!!...laughed and put back into the oven it was finished at 9pm that evening...LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
We had plenty of ham and other stuff...so kids came back on saturday and we all had turkey sandwiches...and what other ham and dressing was left I sent home with kids...one of the best memories we will laugh about for years to come (*_*)

No Y&R since last tuesday...may try it today...

toots I've thought about getting my tree out but haven't yet...
Mary and fireman glad to read you had a good turn out this year...such wonderful memories...

nurse connie <24 days till Christmas...hehehe>
Off and on sun and a chilly 39....brrrrrrrr - Tue Dec 1 09:47:55 MST 2009

Hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving..The fridg is cleared of left overs :O) have fall decorations put away and getting Christmas out and mostly done. Lot of up and down basement steps..The neighborhood is looking good with decorated trees, and homes. Lovely time of year for many reasons.My shopping is almost done and now to wrap..I like a few snow flurries when I wrap or bake.. Notice I wrote FEW...
Toots
Ohio - Mon Nov 30 18:00:01 MST 2009

i think it unfair for the way they are doing sharon haven't she been through enough. now that you have allow adam to make sharon his next
target that not right that he is allow to keep on hurting people and playing with their lives. give sharon her baby back, allow ashley to deal with what happen to her take her out of that dream world she in bring back in her remembrance what happen the night she lost her baby show adam for the devil he is, and it has going on long enough that summer is really jack daughter and not nick phyllis need a wake call y&r i am so disappointed in you i personal know what it's like to lose your baby times 2 please put nick and sharon back together give noah back his family
rebeccca wynter <wynter.rebecca@yahoo.com>
ga - Mon Nov 30 11:49:42 MST 2009

i think it unfair for the way they are doing sharon haven't she been through enough. now that you have allow adam to make sharon his next
target that not right that he is allow to kep on hurting people and playing with their lives. give sharon her baby back, allow ashley to deal with what happen to her take he out of that dream world she in bring back in her remembrance what happen the night she lost her baby show adam for the devil he is, and it has going on long enough that summer is really jack daughter and not nick phyllis need a wake call y&r i am so disappointed in you ipersonal know what it's like to lose your baby times 2 please put nick and sharon back together give nola back his family
rebeccca wynter <wynter.rebecca@yahoo.com>
ga - Mon Nov 30 11:44:29 MST 2009

Thanks Mary from Maine!! And knowing SORAS like we do, Noah was probably reading comic books, say....what, 2 years ago??
Mary W
CO - Sun Nov 29 20:46:52 MST 2009

i still think sheila might be coming back as new dude's (what's his name?) mother. @debs: i agree that they are spot on with ashley's daughter. she should be a mess. how could she not? there has been no adult support around her during this horrible time in her life. who could survive loosing her dad, sister, step dad betraying, mom going crazy, blah, blah, blah...you know the rest, and not come out crazy. she needs help. and it is too bad that the adults in her life can't imagine how distraught she is and try to step in with compassion.
nikki <energ555@yahoo.com>
atl - Sat Nov 28 19:22:36 MST 2009

Fisher was given to Noah when Sharon married Jack by Jack to make the Abbott home feel more like home, I remember Noah locking him in the closet because he was having problems with everyone leaving him (parents divorcing , Cassie dying, Phyllis going to jail, his dad missing when the plane went down. I think Sharon told Noah that Fisher could stay with her at the Abbott home when Noah went to his grandfather's to live and had continued to keep him now that she is at Brad's old home. Noah wanted to name him something like spydog and then The Blonde Avenger (his love for comic book hereos and the fact that the dog was blonde) and then he just asked Jack if he could name him Fisher ( I think because of Gloria living in the pool house at the time he picked up on her last name), Jack said yes as long as he didn't name it Gloria.

Windy and cold in Maine today , some areas got a little snow last night.
Mary
Maine - Sat Nov 28 16:15:46 MST 2009

Still trying to figure out, why does Sharon have the dog Fisher? Hmm....
I missed the repeats on Thursday and Friday, wonder if I missed anything good. Hope everyone has recovered from the Turkey OD.
Mary W
CO - Sat Nov 28 12:35:01 MST 2009

Mary W - I think Fisher is the reincarnation of Evil Tom (Fisher)!!!

My first thoughts on Daisy were she was going to be an unknown daughter lauren gave up years ago and she is not back for revenge for being abandoned. - Just because of the bright red head of hair, I think she is more to do with Lauren than anyone else.

I am sick, sick, sick..up to here witht he Adam storyline, barf, barf, barf. It is IMO not entertaining at all, It is sick in a way that puts you off watching. Enough already, get the kid back where she belongs and Adam away from Sharon. OMG she has had nick, nicks stepfather, almost his dad (remember they toyed with that a few years ago), she had her brother in law (Billy) and now Adam her ex husbands (Nick) 1/2 brother, new daughters uncle and ex husband (Jack) partner in crime. Can you imagine just how her son is going to feel with mummy dearest running into the arms of another relative. Yuck!

I love the new stronger Ashley - really sorry she will have the loss of the baby to face........hopefully not 16 years from now. New role of Abbey in turmoil is actually right on the bal. What a family.

Just as disgusting is Jack and Emily - no-one has any scrupels. Like seriously, when he gets her upstairs (as will happen), who is he really taking.........Patti or Dr. P.

Debs
- Fri Nov 27 19:37:07 MST 2009

Hi, Mary - Sounds like you had a great Thanksgiving! That 37 pound turkey and all the other stuff sounded great. Lots of leftovers for the family huh?

Ladybug - When I read your chat of ii/25 'bout Phyllis' food faux pas, I wondered, like you I guess, why the writers never think of the turkey's exit (from the oven) smelling or looking different? Like, wax from crayons, the various colors in the basting(wouldn't she see it before it's done?) Your point is good.

rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Fri Nov 27 09:07:20 MST 2009

Weather was foggy when it was supposed to be sunny , but we had a great day. 56 people were at dinner ,the star was the 37 pound turkey, with 3 chickens, 2 pork roasts, 2 hams, all the veggies, rolls, pickles, salads, and so many pies, brownies, cakes (my youngest made her first cheesecake for the occasion, it was yummy!! Pumpkin toffee cheesecake), cookies (my oldest made molasses that were wonderful,Fireman said they tasted like his grams so that was a compliment).

Hope everyone had a wonderful day.
Mary
Maine - Thu Nov 26 23:50:28 MST 2009

Gobble gobble one and all...!!!
I try to be very thankful everyday but it hits home at Thanksgiving time...prayers for our service men near and far and families...those that are lonely, sick or depressed.
A lot has happened to all this year and I count my blessings for having such great roomies to call on in time of need.

God Bless us all....

nurse connie <GOBBLEGOBBLEGOBBLE.com>
Sun is out with a cool breeze..turkey, dressing and ham in oven yea!!!! - Thu Nov 26 11:56:48 MST 2009

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American chat friends. Couldn't say it better than the eloquent wishes of Mary/Maine. And special good wishes to all OUR troops today, missing their families.

Cactus
Beautiful day in Alberta, even the cats are lovin' it outside - Thu Nov 26 11:27:30 MST 2009

Happy Thanksgiving, may we all take a moment to think of: those without family or jobs, in poor health, without a home or a meal, those far from home, those that are depressed by the holidays,those abused and those who are no longer with us on this day. May the blessings of the season bring happiness to all, good health, love and understanding as well as peace.
Mary
Maine - Wed Nov 25 23:20:55 MST 2009

Pinkie and Jean I have always wondered that about gay people too....and this is not to say anything bad about them. I've always wondered, like for example, why is a lesbian attracted to a woman that is very mannish, if, she is in fact attracted to women??

Presentation aside, I thought Adam Lambert's song sucked! IMO I agree with everyone that said that that display had no business being on a "normal" channel during primetime viewing hours. I'll bet everyone has forgotten about Janet Jackson's nipple appearance by now.

Ladybug you are so right about Adam's and Sharon's ages. Adam must have been another SORAS victim, big time, along with Fen--wow blinked and Fen is 10!

Has anyone else noticed Mac has been wearing her hair in the same ponytail for quite a while now? Odd for soaps usually their hair is always different.

I'm having a hard time remembering where the dog Fisher came from, who's dog is it and why he was named Fisher? Anyone?
Mary W
CO - Wed Nov 25 19:39:43 MST 2009

Like you, LadyBug, I too really liked the idea of GC turning out to the local homeless shelter for Thanksgiving. Kinda softens the ire of Genoa City characters to work together for a good cause.

Speaking of characters, Ok, I can agree that Daisy is not Kate's daughter though maybe could even be her great granddaughter, but the question in my mind remains: who is Ryder talking to on the phone? Who's he answering to? Why is Ryder holding Deacon's son over his head as a bargaining chip? (the latter news is now old, I know).
Oh, and what of this girl that Lauren Fenmore Baldwin doesn't trust? Did she rob Fenmore's store at one time?

Lastly, congrats to Peter Bergman as 'Smilin' Jack Abbot' for 20 years.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Wed Nov 25 18:07:57 MST 2009

Mary: Thanks for clearing up about Nina's other child.

So, Daisy can't be Nina's child. Obviously, she can't be Katherine's daughter, but maybe grand daughter, great grand daughter??? Daisy has to be somebody's kin.

Sooooo....if Sharon knew Hope while Victor was married to her and then Hope had Adam. Wouldn't that make Sharon about 18/20 years older than Adam???

It's cheezy, but I really like the whole homeless shelter Thanksgiving dinner, with everyone showing up to help.

lady bug
- Wed Nov 25 16:10:00 MST 2009

Nina had come from Detroit to GC she was the daughter of Flo a prostitute and an unknown father and wound up with Rose Diville(sp) at a home for pregnant teens (that was actually a black market baby selling operations). Before Nina realized what kind of mess she was in she had the baby and was left on the delivery table as Rose sold her baby. Cricket befriended her and they became roommates and together they attempted to find the baby but had no luck.The baby was a boy not a girl, and we never knew who the dad was.

Nina was 16 when she had the baby and he would probably be two to three years older than Chance so if Chance is 21-23 his half brother would be about 25, isn't that Ryder's age?
Mary
Maine - Wed Nov 25 08:46:44 MST 2009

The problem with Adam Lambert is that it's so early in his career. You'd think he would want to gradually push the envelope and keep his fans wanting more...like..."What will he do next?" If he does this now....where does he go from here? Any suggestions...LOL? Hopefully...he'll focus on the music and go in a different direction in the theatrics department. He'd be good in the vampire/Twilight mode. Otherwise he'll have to become a singing porn star in order to outdo himself. Still...can't help but love him.

How is it possible that Phyllis stuffed the turkey and didn't notice there were crayons in the stuffing???? I have thrown out whole batches of food because I noticed a tiny hair or ant. Wouldn't she have noticed it while basteing....or smelled it??? Even if there are crayons in the stuffing, couldn't you still eat the white meat? I know...why ask why...especially since we have to believe that the multi-millionaire siblings are having Thanksgiving dinner in a tack house.

How old would Nina's daughter be? I can't remember the history but I think she was born before Chance???
lady bug
- Wed Nov 25 05:05:30 MST 2009

Jean
I have asked my brother the same question why oh why do the Gay Guys dress or act like woman and the Lesbians dress & act like guys. he cant answer it either , and Yes i have seen couples the ones that dress very classy and there is no doubt that they can really decorate a home . ,I'm just upset that when all is said and done we are not the same ,and I'm sure if we were all asked what do we shudder at more? a woman to woman kiss ?or man to man? the later will be frowned on that I'm sure of ...Dont mean to offend anyone who may be Gay that is reading this . Because of Adam Lambert he made it a topic of conversation .
Pinkie
- Tue Nov 24 22:55:03 MST 2009

Y&R - just say the last 5 minutes. Yes, it was sad to see Jack there eating alone.

RC - so glad you read my post....no need to say you're sorry....just testing you. LOL

Pinkie - I have gay friends. They do not display affection, and look very preppy dress wise. But I know exactly what you mean about the gay pride parades and the gay bars. Plus I've seen drag gueen shows. (Won't go there describing the old "bath houses" they used to have before aids). Seen it all. My question is why, if they can't stand women, do they want to be "nelly" and dress like a woman????? I just don't get it, and even my gay friends can't really tell me. Hmmmmm

Lady bug - I too think there is a very double standard when women can act up on stage, but men can't.

Okay, I'm done.

Later - you all have a wonderful Thankgiving, and my north of the border friends. Happy "super bowl"
Jean <gobble, gobble>
Houston - Tue Nov 24 22:32:28 MST 2009

Gobble Gobble
GreeTing everyone

GNikki Can we call you just Nikki? If you look at the top of the page you will See the Virtual Cookbook and then you will see all of the recipes we have posted ...

I'm a traditional Cooker for Thanksgiving ,
re Y&R
Oh Surprise Surprise the Turkey is ruined .BooHoo,
I was waiting for Victor to walk in the door with a Turkey to save the day for Phylass.
I also felt sad for Jack being alone and I'm also glad that Billy Boy is alone and being used and tossed away.. (I still like him and think he is a good actor)
Catherine's Daughter has to be as Old as Jill and wouldn't it be great If they brought back Nina's child . she would not be so clingy of Chance,,Clingy is the wrong word Protective is better,

just a quick update on Mr p.. he has a rough time with his breathing he has been on antibiotics 3 times since Sept he is feeling better this week .So That's a good thing ..

As for Adam Lambert
crude , rude and down right vulgar. and not because he is Gay . Oh and his singing was horrible . why do Gay people have to push our buttons ? If your Gay OK fine be Gay don't force it on me with your Vulgar displays The Gay pride parade is leather clad or barley clad men doing all kinds of bad things and I know first hand they have there own campgrounds with alot of swapping going on the Couples that are monogamous are few not as many as you think. when you go into their clubs its nothing like a straight club ,They have back rooms and Porn is usually playing .If this is what they call wanting to be treated like us well None of my friends or Family do that .EXCEPT my Brother and his Friends and every friend that they have .. Iwalked into 3 of their bars/ clubs and they are just as i described . So what I'm saying is Be Gay I don't care But most of all I dont want to see it... JMHO..

Pinkie
- Tue Nov 24 21:35:21 MST 2009

Ok friends...the dressing recipe is located in side dishes section as NC's awersome dressing and the cake is under desserts listed as NC"S sexy cake (*_*)

Willie tell HQ the reason my dressing is so good is I stick my finger in it ... lololol

Does anyone still make the old stack cake with dried apples ?

nurse connie
Getting sleepy so getting ready for bed... - Tue Nov 24 21:29:40 MST 2009

Daisy wouldn't be old enough to be Kay's daughter.
Ma;ry
Maine - Tue Nov 24 21:25:00 MST 2009

You're right gnikki, I think the only thing Phyllis can do is bicker about everyone else around her.

Though Billy's comment about Jack's hypocrisy was, I guess, true, it was still a sad sight seeing Jack eating at a large set table by himself.

Is Daisy the long lost daughter of Catherine? Even if not, how is she the half-sister of Ryder? There's just so many holes in this Y&R it's hard sometimes to fiqure out. Unless I'm not paying attention. But who the heck is Ryder, and who was he talking to on the phone? Daisy?

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all (even if the turkey burns-lol!)

rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Nov 24 20:03:16 MST 2009

i make cornbread and then use it to make the dressing in the pan along with "seasonings" (as my grandmother used to say)such as garlic, bell peppers, sweet onions, celery, rosemary, thyme, turkey or chicken stock, a little red pepper and lawry's seasoning salt.

but i know many people stuff the turkey.

the nina/paul kiss was funny. and i love that phyllis can't cook.

"families don't love, they lie, abandon and die," -that about sums it up for miss "asley's daughter" (i can't think of her name).
Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone
gnikki <energ555@yahoo.com>
atl - Tue Nov 24 19:09:42 MST 2009

Jean : In response, I must've overlooked yours. Sorry. I wanted just to make a statement. Any yes, in response to Ladybug, Madonna was a wild one on stage, and I think she did play both sides. So Lambert's statement is, I guess, justified. I just didn't like his presentation.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Nov 24 18:31:50 MST 2009

OMG! I'll try again-

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, ONE AND ALL!

There!
Willie
- Tue Nov 24 15:50:50 MST 2009

nurse connie, how about sharing your "awesome" dressing recipe? HQ just told me that SHE makes awesome dressing! I sense a competition looming. Anyway, would be nice if you'd post it.

That teaser when they wanted us to believe Adam was about to spill the beans is something they like to do to make sure we tune in, I guess, but we find it very annoying. Hell, there's so much we find annoying that this is just one more. But we'll be watching until either Y&R dies, or we do!

HQ always makes a completely traditional dinner and we have 2 sons with us, one of whom completely decorates the outside of the house for Christmas before he goes home. Someday he's going to blow all our fuses!

HAPPT THANSKGIVING, ONE AND ALL!

Willie
- Tue Nov 24 15:49:30 MST 2009

So Ryder and Daisy are half-brother and sister, or what is the connection?
What's with the exploding women of Y & R? Eden looks about 8 months pregnant and Jena, 5.
Why does Y & R always set Sharon up as a victim to spiral out of control? She gets attached to Adam only to find out at some point the ultimate betrayal?
Nice work by Y & R to give us a glimpse of what new couples might be like: Ashley and Nick; JT and Mackenzie; Paul and Nina.
Finally cute kids with personality. Tracey Bregman had mentioned on her Facebook page that she loves the New Fen. And can't get enough of Delia.

Last word on Adam Lambert (who is a great talent): Whether he is male, female, straight or gay, or what his moral standards are, is irrelevant. He can do what he wants in his concerts as Madonna has done for years. People pay up front and know what they are getting. But when I am viewing a public television awards show with no "adult content" warning, as are my children, I take offence to having what I consider inappropriate content thrown in my face. There is no opportunity to turn off the TV beforehand.
Cactus
I am Canadian and we get to see our favorite Saskatchewan Roughriders in The Grey Cup on Sunday. (Sort of the equivalent of your Super Bowl). - Tue Nov 24 13:55:45 MST 2009

gnikki - to me cornbread dressing and stuffing are the same...I use old cornbread (Pepperidge makes it too) crushed crackers (saltines) and stale bread, toast, biscuits what ever I've saved from past week or so...I cook from the hip...sorta by recipe and sorta what I remember what mom and my aunt did.
NOW sex in the pan is a wonderful cake made lots of different ways...there is one in the recipes site on here by Joanie....mine was different made with chocolate etc...is awesome...

Some Thanksgiving show...but no big suprises...think I'll go wash clothes...lololol

nurse connie
Cloudy and cool East Tn...turkey thawing in fridge I think I'm about ready... - Tue Nov 24 12:05:50 MST 2009

billy is right; jack is being a hypocrit. he has been as bad, if not worse than billy and he still expects his famly to be there for him. i think they need to give billy a break. and, of course sort out the baby situation.

my favorite thanksgiving dish is dressing. do you guys have cornbread dressing, or stuffing?

and what is sex in a pan? i think i need the recipe for that one.
gnikki <energ555@yahoo.com>
atl - Tue Nov 24 11:29:12 MST 2009

testing
cactus
- Tue Nov 24 10:23:28 MST 2009

Fireman: Thanksgiving foods are all wonderful. I especially enjoy
the dressing with turkey gravy on it. Slurp :O) The real diet food.!! LOL
Hope you all have a wonderful day not only with great foods but to be with family and friends to love and to be loved.
Toots
Ohio - Tue Nov 24 06:09:03 MST 2009

Admittedly, I did not see Adam Lambert's performance. But, did see him defend himself saying it was a double standard. I kind of agree, Madonna has simulated oral sex and has done other rauchy things. She kissed Britney on an awards show. Is it that he's gay or a man? Not having watched any music award shows....how many are there? I love music but never listen to the radio so don't know what's current, prefer the old stuff. Music fans: Seems that Taylor Swift is getting all the awards. Does she deserve them or.....???

Y&R...when it looks like Adam is going to tell Sharon, they are just teasing us. He'll never tell. I knew yesterday that he was only going to tell her how much he wuvs about her.

It was a beautiful scene to finally see Billy get treated the same way he treats women. Just for sex and move on. Loved when she gave Liam a fake name.

Fireman: Love, love, love Thanksgiving dinner...all of it. Even as left-overs. It's the ultimate comfort food. But I have to say stuffing is my favorite. I like it plain and simple, no raisins, chestnuts, prunes, apples, etc...God forbid... NO oysters!

lady bug
- Tue Nov 24 04:01:49 MST 2009

JEAN: To answer your question, no I missed that Awards, but have sure heard lots about the fallout. Wow, simulated oral sex? But you know what, in the Entertainment industry, whether it's movies, TV, music, every year the boundaries get pushed further and further. So I'm not really surprised anymore at what I see and hear, but sad, as what our kids are exposed to now at such young ages is just not right.

FIREMAN: Re Thanksgiving, I can't even offer you a traditional Canadian dish! We are just plain old turkey and stuffing people and other than that I make my family's individual favorites, which really are quite dull. For dessert they always ask for Sex-in-a-Pan which is probably common to you, too. Hmmm, do I need to explain that sentence????

You asked for opinions on the same topic, RC, so read above.
Cactus (Christmas lights on our outside trees, but no decorations inside yet)
Still mild and no snow in sunny Alberta, Canada - Mon Nov 23 20:49:40 MST 2009

Happy Birthday Bridget!
Fireman and Mary
Maine - Mon Nov 23 20:49:24 MST 2009

Fireman - the cook that I am, I do a greenbean casserole, dressing/stuffing, NC's recipe, the bird. Wha la. Dan's grandmother used to make creamed pearl sized onions. Yummy.

RC - just curious. Do you read anyones posts or do you just post and move on?? Not trying to be mean at all, but I just was talking about Adam Lambert one post down from you. Plus I haven't seen you "converse" with any of the other people here in chat? If you have, my mistake.
Jean
Houston - Mon Nov 23 20:29:11 MST 2009

Welcome Fran...when you use large caps it's the code of yelling at us....but come on in and sit a spell with us.
I too thought the same thing and then the hidden picture behind the bed...and did you notice her comment about the kid scissors...I about pmp

Favorite Thnaksgiving dish of mine is the dressing...I think I make awesome dressing...

Bridgett happy birthdaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to you.....Don better of gotten you some roses and a nice dinner.

adb isn't you with a T-bird? We saw a new one today sooooooooooooo pretty slick black converterible ?sp...anyway he was a nice looking grey headed man and looked like the type for that style....lololol

Kiera can sort of say her name it comes out ear rah...lolol

Just the kids over for thanksgiving this year...

nurse connie
They are saying the s flurry word on friday....ye haw !!!!! - Mon Nov 23 19:37:16 MST 2009

Oh, yes, What did you all think of Lambert's stage show last night? I think it was too raunchy for TV, and a bit decadent. Reminded me of that play about 1930's Germany (the name escapes me).
Thought it great that Taylor Swift won Entertainer of the year and best female singer for CMA. I like her writing style; her lyrical, storytelling style seems better than the repetitive, versive (sung verse by verse,) that I'm so used to singing myself. Songs that tell stories intrigue me (that's why I also like Billy Joel and some Bob Dylan).
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Nov 23 19:24:55 MST 2009

HI, everyone!
Well, I'm sure you all know...possibilities of the Abbots working with the Newmans bit the dust. All trust is lost. Poor Jack.
What was really good was seeing Billy Boy gitting snowed by that columnist from New York. Taste of his own medicine, huh? The liar getting lied to, and falling for it! Maybe he was thinking with his fly.
Wasn't it neat seeing Murphy and Kate run upstairs for a little....y'know?
Lastly, Adam I thought was about to spill the beans on the baby switch, and then...SMOOTCH! He kisses Sharon with the passion of a seaman! Were you all shocked too?
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Nov 23 18:57:20 MST 2009

Triva !

What is your favorite "thanks giving" dish?
Maybe will try it.
Fireman
Maine - Mon Nov 23 12:28:57 MST 2009

Cactus - Did you see Adam Lambert on American Music Awards? OMG, my chin is still in my lap!!!! Music and singing was great!! But the show he put on along with the lyrics of the song.......shall we say S&M??? Nothing really shocks me, it's just that it was on live national TV. Now I can see the act in a private club. Whew, I'm still sweating!!

Later
Jean
Houston - Sun Nov 22 22:18:36 MST 2009

Hi, gang. My apologies for Friday's chat. It was ASHLEY, not Tracey who argued with Jack over business and family being separate. Sigh. Any way wrote as i saw it (six hours after, as y'all requested).

The word is 'insensitive' (note the 'i' after the 's').

Now the fuel is on the Newman/Abbot fire again with Phyl's confession to Nick. Can you believe it? A confession from Phylis! (The guilt must've weighed heavy on her, eh?)

Everyone have a great Thanksgiving.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Sun Nov 22 17:25:46 MST 2009

Cactus: Regarding the butter...take your pound piece of butter and cut it in half the long way and then cut each piece in half the long way and you have 4 sticks. You don't have to unwrap the butter. I buy the big piece because it's cheaper...with the cost of groceries these days. I wish I could find a big butter dish, but all you can find here are the single stick kind.

I'm glad Phyllis spilled to Nick because now he won't help Jack.

I wish Paul would follow Jack and Emily to a fancy restaurant, all dressed up and romantic...and then walk up to their table and knock their heads together. How thoughtless and insensative they are!!!!

lady bug
- Sat Nov 21 15:58:03 MST 2009

HOLEY MOLEY...never thought in a million years that Phyl would tell Nick about the couch incident. Must be the first soap story for the truth to come out with this kind of "honesty".
MaryBeth
- Sat Nov 21 11:35:40 MST 2009

SINCE WHEN DO THEY GIVE YOU A PAIR OF SCISSORS IN THE PADDED ROOM? BOY, THEY SURE DO PUT SOME STUPID THINGS ON THESE SOAPS SOMETIMES. PADDY WHACK JOB CUTTING PAPER DOLLS. BROTHER. LOL
FRAN <FOREVERIRISH50@YAHOO.COM>
KENTUCKY - Fri Nov 20 18:15:04 MST 2009

Hi, everybody - -
Sounds like Patty/MJ got the best show in town. But Phylis is all upset because she realized Summer's sickness was due to that show? I don't get it. I thought Patty was after Jack.
Ooops! I see now, Phylis and was pressing the sheets w/ Jack, and Patty Cake saw it. Oh, the headlines! LOL (No wonder Nick is upset. Jack screwed the Newmans again.)

Tracy is steaming, but is she right about disagreeing with Jack about "family business"? Or is Jack being compulsive about Jabot and family? Anyway, Jack better watch his back with nutty Patty, though.
Looks like Adam's house of cards is starting to fall with his date with Sharon now at Ashley's house (after the nanny had to leave).
Sharon hears the baby...Crash goes the first card. What's next? (we all know, right?)

Mac responds to Chloe's promised assistance for baby help like a cold fish. Oh, and poor Paul. He just saw Jack kiss his "sister" .
Later.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Fri Nov 20 16:25:26 MST 2009

Please, everyone, go out and get a "chocolate fudge cake" item from the restaurant Del Taco, if you have one. I know it sounds strange, but it's the best dessert item I've ever had from a fast food place!!!
Mary W
CO - Fri Nov 20 14:22:23 MST 2009

FIREMAN: You are the best! Thank you. Wish I could share with you what are supposed to be the world's best chocolate chip cookies.
Cactus
Still staying quite mild in Alberta ... but drought is not good for our farmers and ranchers ... - Fri Nov 20 13:33:35 MST 2009

Cactus: I just melted down a "stick" of butter and poured it into a measuring cup and, "stick"=1/4 lb. = 4 oz or half cup ! ( You made me do it ) LOL Also, if you go to "weights & measures" on the net, you can find all the conversions. Good luck
Fireman
Dreary Maine - Fri Nov 20 11:57:13 MST 2009

Does anyone who bakes know what the "cup" equivalent is of "one stick of margarine"? We don't have any "sticks" here. Thank you.

What's going to happen to Daniel and Amber while they are away? Gotta be some kind of drama. I am getting tired of Amber always using that baby whine voice. Like these characters, though.

In spite of all the tabloid rumours, glad to see Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes made it to their third wedding anniversary .. and celebrated.

Cactus
Volleyball weekend - Fri Nov 20 11:02:53 MST 2009

Project Runway: I've determined that I just don't "get" fashion. I too wanted Carol Hannah to win. She and Althena made clothes people would actually wear. I've been to NYC many times and don't see people walking around in the kind of crap Irina made. Those hats were ridiculous...who would wear them!!!!!!

Survivor: I couldn't stand Russell to begin with but now I'm glad that he is putting the other side in their place. Still don't want him to win. I can't form an opinion on Shambo because all I can think is that I want to take a scissors and cut off that stupid mullet!!!

Doesn't matter why Phillip is going back to Oz, his acting needed to go.

Mary W: How you described getting pregnant...that philosophy can apply to all of life.

lady bug
- Fri Nov 20 05:49:03 MST 2009

thank you so much for the wonderful welcome. i have passed the book along to my sister. fingers crossed.... gotta relax.

i like thee way y&r is starting to build again. the chancelor family confrontation today was a good start. we've got to care if the storyline is going to crescendo. nice job with cane busting in with his confession.now let's work our way into busting adam and giving sharon and nick their baby. Poor, poor blly. he's heading for a crash. give the guy a break. why is jack abandoning him noe, even though he stuck it out when he slept with sharon?

ryder, bring out your cohort. time to up the ante; make this thing interesting.
gnikkib <energ555@yahoo.com>
atl - Thu Nov 19 22:47:56 MST 2009

gnikkib I would highly recommend the book The Infertility Cure for your sister, it worked for me, I tried to have a baby for 5 years and couldn't have done it without that book. When you fall infertile you have to open your mind to all kinds of alternative medicine; this book is about eastern medicine; and it works. The biggest problem is that your sister is obsessed with 'getting the double lines' (I was too) and the key to getting pregnant is actually relaxing, and this is very hard to do in that mental state. Your sister needs an acupuncturist and meditation ASAP!

Thanks everyone so much for the advice on the man trouble, I am currently 'in limbo' in the situation but will keep you posted...

(((((((((((((Toots)))))))))))))) and I loved your post.

Where is Emelie??

LOL Ladybug, how can you get on the computer to get the online manual if you can't get your computer started...

Nurse Connie I just saw something on TV about the mental health and even substance addictions of service employees i.e. nurses. Caring for other people is a HARD HARD job, I don't know if people realize how draining it is and what a huge amount of patience and selflessness it takes to be in a human service industry. And what would happen if people stopped going into these industries?? I can't even wrap my brain around what would happen if there were no caretakers. Kudos to you NC for doing that for 40 years, that is amazing.

Cactus I bought a TIME LIFE compilation of CLASSIC Christmas music years ago--GREAT compilation I would highly recommend it...

Cactus remember when you were little and you could care less about the weather, I always took my coat off as soon as I was out of my parents' sight, I remember that so well. I think we moved so much as kids we never got cold and if we were cold we didn't notice or care. AAHHHH youth.
Mary W <baby is crawling and cutting bottom teeth>
CO - Thu Nov 19 22:01:11 MST 2009

Welcome Ginkkib
We are all very compashionate for one another here , I know Im not speaking out of turn by saying that , I speak first hand of all the support and encouraging words I have received by everyone here while going through a few rough patches of health issuses with my Husband , We He & I are extremely grateful for all the Love we get from everyone.. So Welcome to thee best place on the Net.. Oh and Thank You all for the B Day wishes , having my Son here is Great ,

re// Y&R Nina seemed very intrigued By Kays wanting to find her Daughter ,wish it were Nina but she isnt old enough ,
How can Jack be so comforatable with The Doctor being Patty looks so much like her , I was so proud of Cloe for telling Billy just the way it Is !! Good Girl.
Ican see it now Mack is going tohave issuses with giving up the Baby ,
If Shelia is alive again I will scream!!! @$@$#@#$ just practicing
Ryder is spooky..
High 70's all week Poor Me
Mary Beth THank YOu ^ g ^ ..

re// Cat scans I get claustraphobic in them made alittle Tee Peeon my chest with my fingers and touched the celing of it!!!! Didnt think I was going to be able to catch my BREATH!!! Hate them !!!

Have a Great weekend everyone !! KissesXXxxx ^ g ^ ,,

Pinkie
- Thu Nov 19 21:47:51 MST 2009

So...Phillip going to Australia? Is that in place of Caine? If it's Caine they're after how will Phillip help? We all knew Caine had a past, so how does Phil do any...ok, I guess we'll see.

I guess it's evident to all that Mackenzie has commitment struggles... taking care of a child, let alone someone else's child, puts a damper on anyone's preferred lifestyle, I guess. But methinks Lily knew Mac would be perfect for the role...no connections, her family wealth, and her loving nature I'm sure helped Lily make the decision, no?
It would be best, I think that Billy stays away, don't you think?

Oh, and Who was Ryder talking to? Any ideas? Maybe his mother, Catherine's real daughter was on the other end. What d'ya think? She might be pulling strings.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Nov 19 20:10:11 MST 2009

Jean - lololol we had cube steak w/gravy smashed taters and okra...charlie cooked and I cleaned up...((((((hugs)))))) sista

Today was first Y&R in several days for me...no understand Ryder and Kevin situation .... and the huge gonads Kevin tosssing Mikey and Lauren out...
Glad Amber and Daniel got married...
Phillip is going back to protect the family from the bad guys??? was he into something illegal? drugs lords?...hmmmmmmmm
I don't think Mac could handle the carring of the child and handing her over...

MaryBeth are you watching project runway? I hope Carol Hannah wins and Irena comes in last...lololol
Thank you for your support....more test next week and doctor after Thanksgiving...when do you leave on your trip? are you taking your laptop...

nurse connie
The weather is wonderful for thanksgiving time... - Thu Nov 19 19:39:02 MST 2009

Jean, I love that Mex food. I don't think I could live without it.
It waould be very nice to have someone older than 25 be hot and bothered.
When Patty told Phyl that she saw her making love with Jack, I'd say she's have some tough decisions on how Patty will handle the info in the future. If she tells Jack, okay, but if she tells Emily that will be interesting. For someone to tell Nick would be intersting too, but I don't see a link to him there.
They sure spend a lot of time in the coffee shop.Frankly I'd like to see more sights in GC.

MaryBeth
- Thu Nov 19 17:14:12 MST 2009

Gotta be Malcolm...just no reason to bring back Wartman. (Although he did have a "thing" with Jill...no?) It is kind of odd that Lilly has cancer and Malcolm, her bio father doesn't even come and see her.

Didn't Nina and Paul have a "moment" last week? They might make a good couple.

The scene with Chance finally accepting Phillip as his father could have been very poignant and moving had it not been for Phillip's totally bad acting!! Not a trace of feeling. Maybe that's why they are sending him to Oz...to reconstitute him and bring back a "new and improved" Phillip.

Not looking forward to Daniel's courtcase since I don't have a clue, what, why, who! I really have no idea who he supposedly killed and why even though I watch almost everyday. And please...don't anyone tell me....I don't want to know.

lady bug
- Thu Nov 19 15:04:16 MST 2009

Opps, I meant Cactus about the hunk.
J
- Thu Nov 19 14:47:27 MST 2009

MaryB - obviously it is a guy, and Malcolm and Wortman would fit into the hunk catagory. I was thinking Ryan, Brad, dead, but they brought back Phillip. Remember the lawyer John Silva, he was an item with Nina years ago, and that writer Nina was dating right before she left the show. That would keep Nina busy. Would LOVE Cole to come back. That would keep Victoria, and Nikki all hot and bothered. Even Ashley. Oh the possibilities.

Later - Out for a Tex Mex fix.
Jean
Houston - Thu Nov 19 14:46:32 MST 2009

Jean and Mary: KA CHING! All I can say is the new actor has a lot to live up to in the hunky department! He has been cast but haven't checked his bio.

Lily wants Mac to raise her child if she dies from her cancer, but can't talk to her husband about it? Wouldn't he want a say in such a monumental decision? Imagine Lily dying (which she won't) and in the reading of the Will .... and my only beggoten child I leave to Mackenzie ....
cactus
- Thu Nov 19 14:32:34 MST 2009

We could all hope that Phillip goes back to Aus....they recast him and he'll be back with a new face and better acting.

Speaking of acting, I think Nick needs to go back to his acting coach. He improved so much there for a while. Now it's almost robotic.
MaryBeth
- Thu Nov 19 12:37:32 MST 2009

Beautiful day here in Maine today, the sun is shining brightly!!

Cactus, since Lily is going through her cancer treatments and now thinking of having a baby I vote for Malcom coming back, although I wish it was Dru.

As far as Philip going back to Australia, I think it is Nina who doesn't want him to go and who now that she has him back in her life wants to keep him there because she has always loved him. I think that chat with Kay yesterday was a "you need to get a life of your own pep talk", maybe they will match her up with someone and then when she overheard Kay talking to Mac she heard them and disappeared, I think because the words were ringing true for her because of the baby that she had that was kidnapped years ago.Maybe another story about that child will open up.
Mary
Maine - Thu Nov 19 07:34:32 MST 2009

@pamela: i never thought that sheila might be daisy's mom. i might have to spread that one to my other y&r fan friends. thanks.

this chat room seems very nice. i appreciate reading all of the compassionate posts. thank you all for the positivity.

does anyone think they are stretching it a bit with this philippe/nina/chance thing? i mean chance is about 24, has been to war. is it really that big of a deal that his dad, who he didn't really know is going back to australia?

can't believe dr. emily is letting mac have that baby. she seems a bit unstable. worried about lilly. maybe headed for a big disappointment. i hope y&r really delves into how so many potential moms freak out over their desire to have a baby. my sister has been going through this for several years and had 8 miscarriages, spent tens of thousands of $$$, had my sister go through the hormone shots and donate eggs for in vitro (that were eventually miscarried) and is still totally determined to keep trying to have another baby. i understand that she wants to get pregnant, but at what point has it become an obsession (that is possibly not healthy for herself/husband and her 4yr old, who is totally involved in all of this/ keeps telling everyone that she is about to have a baby sister/brother)? don't know, i can't say anything negative about it to her. just checking for opinions...
gnikkib <energ555@yahoo.com>
atl - Thu Nov 19 03:23:34 MST 2009

Cactus - I would guess Diane, and Kyle a teenager, Malcolm, or Wortman. But can't see anyone playing Wortman, except Wortman. Would love to see him again.

MaryB - we had ham, steamed cabbage and boiled potatoes. I don't know what NC had, but I bet taters were involved!!!

Y&R - still no watchie.

Later
Jean
Houston - Wed Nov 18 21:55:35 MST 2009

ladybug: BEEP! Try again.
Cactus
- Wed Nov 18 20:19:12 MST 2009

MaryB. - Sorry about the egg timer. I just had a problem w/ Vista where I tried to put Adobe (for Virginia Aquarium stuff) and a blue box showed up saying it could not complete the download. Then asked that I press "OK" on the bottom right. I did. Nada. Had that frozen window for three days. A friend suggested "RESTART". Tada! I'm sorry it didn't work 4 you. Maybe try what I just did. You might get a "ta-da!" too.

Don't know what happened on today's show. Oh well.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Wed Nov 18 19:14:18 MST 2009

Cactus: My guess is Diane only because she has been mentioned a few times today.

lady bug
- Wed Nov 18 15:13:28 MST 2009

I'm just putting off what I need to do today.
Cactus, I knew Canadians don't walk around in furs. If you walk around Vail, Aspen in the high season there are many men and women in the big ole furry coats. Denver airport and downtown Denver has some in Dec. Jan. Seems like visitor. LOL with the suitcase rules I think one fur coat and a tube of lipstik might be the weight limit.

RC...now I have an egg timer icon that just hangs on and on and on. I think it's Vista. It might be Hista when I get back from my trip.

I miss hearing about what NC and Jean are cookin for supper. I always think, wow their family is lucky...this woman really shops and cooks. I am sooo lazy anymore.

Thinking of Pinkie, Toots, and all of you with more on your plate than you need.
MaryBeth
- Wed Nov 18 14:35:18 MST 2009

For the people that freak out at spoilers, dare I say an old character is returning to Y & R? BUT unfortunately not the original actor/actress. I won't say who it is, but any guesses?
Cactus again, feeling lonely on the board today
- Wed Nov 18 14:28:17 MST 2009

There was a comment about Canadians seeing Y & R a day ahead of the U.S. Well, my American station must have heard about this, because now it is the same as my other two Canadian stations. So, no more upmanship from this Canadian. Of course, if I was a huge fan and had nothing else to do all day, I could watch the same show at 9:00, Noon and 5:00!
Cactus
No snow here yet ... significant earthquake in British Columbia yesterday - Wed Nov 18 12:48:55 MST 2009

MaryBeth: The thought that Canadians all walk around in big fur coats is a myth! Most ordinary Canadians are very much concerned with animal rights and if you do see fur or fur-trimmed, it is usually faux. The average working Canadians wear ordinary winter jackets. Now, for my own area, it is not unusual to see people in shorts -- yes, shorts (and sandals) -- even during cold weather. I think this speaks to our hardiness and in our own way giving the proverbial "finger" to winter weather. (Kids are another matter, ours haven't worn winter boots to school for years no matter how cold or how much snow (gotta stay in shoes)).
Cactus
Alberta, Canada - Wed Nov 18 11:34:26 MST 2009

New mink coat 5-20 thousand
Estate...Used Coat $200 - 5 thousand
Guess Jeff's car will cost more.
MaryBeth
- Wed Nov 18 10:35:07 MST 2009

I was struck with the thought that Bardwells certainly didn't learn anything from their losses. She went out and bought a fur coat!!
How much does one of those cost? SHe was back to her high maint.ways, and Jeff will probably have a new car before long.

I find the actor playing Ryder very interesting. He can seem clueless but he makes Deacon shake in his boots. Interesting character and storyline. Deacon seems so smarmy, and I guess Ryder is worse!

Canadian folks...does anyone wear fur up there? It must be very warm, but those coats weigh so much. My MIL had a heavy wool coat and she could hardly carry it around. I had never thought about it.
MaryBeth
- Wed Nov 18 10:29:30 MST 2009

RC: If you can learn from screwing up, I will soon be an expert...LOL!! I generally use HP online chat for problems and it's been very successful. The people I communicate with, probably in Mumbai or Delhi, are very nice. I like having their advice in print so I can cut and paste and save it. If they tell you on the phone you have to take notes fast and they are also sometimes hard to understand and vise versa.

I thought the conversation between Sharon and Adam was very cute and funny, we don't get much of that. Too bad it was Adam. In the end, I think it will be Adam's efforts to keep Sharon away from Faith that will be the reveal.

It's hard to be intertained by Gloria and Jeffery's antics knowing that so many people are willing to work hard for their money but don't have a job. And these two just expect it all to fall into their laps.

lady bug
- Wed Nov 18 05:44:07 MST 2009

By the way, how did you all like Sharon and Tracy telling their birthing stories to one another while nervous Adam stood nearby, listening? You know that expression, "It'll all come out in the wash"? Well, that's coming, I believe; just don't know when. I wonder if the fur will fly then?

Gloria and Jeff just should be happy with settlement and forget "it's the principle of the thing" as Jeff said. They won't get their due on the 'principle', as they see it. That flew the coop. As Michael said, they should just be happy they got anything. Right?

Oh, and the way Nick told off Adam showed good command as the head of Newman, eh? Guess I'll see the rest on Thurs.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Nov 17 20:49:16 MST 2009

Cactus,ladybug & MaryBeth : Thanks for the encouragement. In reality, many times, especially soon after my boss sold me his Dell, I'd push some key or press the mouse on some button on the window and I'd say, "Oh #%@&**! What did I do now!" Either the screen went black, the screen froze, or some window popped up that I never asked for. Sometimes worse. Like some of you, I'd call Dell ( in New Delhi, - lol!) and be told to do something I could have fiqured out myself, like shutting off the computer. The worst was understanding the English/Indian dialect, that I'm sure many of you have also experienced. In short, I just learned by screwing up.(is that the 'hard way'?)
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Nov 17 20:29:15 MST 2009

Grocery shopping today to elevator "Holiday" music: Santa Baby, Chrissie the Christmas Reindeer, etc. Not a traditional "Christmas" Carol to be found. Six more weeks of this? Shoot me. Now.
Cactus
Not at all like Christmas today in Alberta, more like a Spring day - Tue Nov 17 15:16:50 MST 2009

ladybug: Fell off my chair with your "online manual" comment. Just got a new camera. Where is my manual? ONLINE.

Cactus
- Tue Nov 17 14:05:46 MST 2009

Toots you are so special to all of us. THanks for being there, wish I lived by you too. I'm sure you'd give me a hug when I needed one.
Hang in there.Hug Hug.
MaryBeth
- Tue Nov 17 10:01:21 MST 2009

Nora loves music. Yesterday mommy was driving with her and James Taylor started singing"How sweet it is to be loved by you..." Nora shouted back,...and Papa, and Nana and Mason and Joanie....

When we walk out of a building into the sun, she starts singing " Sunny day...chasin the clouds away, (la la la) Sesame Street. "

Seems like Phyllis wore cowgirl jeans at her wedding in New Mexico and by the way, the were not a size 6 or 8...it looked like they were 00's. Poor skinny little thing.
Oh I can't hardly wait until Sharon finds out about Faith's real mom.I'm guessing I'll be back and it will be January...or is it February sweeps? when she gets the news....and Faith will be able to tell the court...SHARON IS MY MOMMY.

That will probably be so drawn out in court, by the very wealthy Ashley, and don't forget, Veeektor will be back soon. He'll probably say he's taking a rest from the business, but hey, he'll stick his nose in it.
Yes, I miss LaKing. Happy Birthday to you and I'm sending a hug.
Pinkie, wish I was nearby to say hey. Happy Birthday. ENJOYING the warm weather? Lucky duck.

Nurse Connie, you'll be in my prayers all day. THINK POSITIVE AND PRAY, they say that's the best medicine.

RC it's always interesting to find out what's INSIDE my computer. When I get in there and poke around I usually mess it up good and have to call Jeremy my comp. guy.
MaryBeth
Sunny day, chasin the clouds away.... - Tue Nov 17 09:59:53 MST 2009

toots .... (((((((((((hugs))))))))))) and we're sitting at your kitchen table sipping Earl Grey tea and nibbling on a lemon pound cake...crying and slinging snot together (*_*)

Laking I bet Jennifer is about out of college now? Have a wonderful day.

pinkie I bet you had so much fun with your soon there...I hope you have lots of cake and ice cream...hope mr p is feeling good enough to take you out for a nice dinner too.

Sunny most of the time and then a cloud floats by...slight wind and only in 50's today...

nurse connie
Thankful I'm on this side of the dirt today and chat with friends. - Tue Nov 17 09:24:56 MST 2009

Toots, we are thinking of you and your family today, sending hugs your way.

Lovely day here in Maine. the sun is out!

Pinkie and LaKing, if you are about we want to wish you both Happy Birthday today!!

Mary
Maine - Tue Nov 17 07:01:18 MST 2009

I didn't so much wonder why Phyllis was dressed for a wedding. She seems to ALWAYS be dressed for an impromtu formal event. She wears backless, shoulderless dresses in the middle of winter. I don't think she has ever worn jeans and a sweatshirt even on her day off. Has she ever worn slacks? Do people even say "slacks" anymore? The only time I can remember her being in casual wear was in her prison orange jumpsuit...LOL!! Now I did wonder why all the other guests at the wedding were perfectly dressed at a moments notice and even had time to go shopping and bring beautifully wrapped gifts. And the person who brought Lauren's gift...I don't even want to think of the amount of quick thinking and planning and finding a rat, etc...had to go into that prank.

RC: You may regret revealing that you know a thing or two about computers. I haven't had any problems with my Vista, of three years, but maybe that's because I don't know what I'm doing. I did start having a problem recently and maybe you can help: When I put it to "sleep", I then click the mouse to wake it up. It makes all the noises, lights, etc, of waking up, but then I get a gray screen. I can see just a slight line of light at the top, and if I move my mouse up there I can see it. It's like my page is up and running but there is a gray screen covering it. Got any suggestions??

It's annoying that when I got this computer, it didn't come with an actual manual. When I asked about it they told me it was online. Well, great...now if my computer won't work how do I go online to see what is wrong???

Toots: Thinking of you today with love.....

lady bug
- Tue Nov 17 04:12:41 MST 2009

rc and all I opped to have the LARGER open scanner done vs a couple other choices because it would give a much better medical report...now I'm already getting antsy for the test thursday and have mimi anxiety attacks and soooooo Charlie and I have made the decision to go for test number two...will find out details on that tomorrow.
I have had the "tube" MRI about 12 years ago and it didn't bother me at all...I hand my head phones on and was jamming with ELVIS man...I had taken a CD that I love but that didn't help...
I would of never dreamed in a million years that being laid off would effect me this way.!@#$%^&*()(*%$#@!$#@%$%^&)*( dang hospital...
I can't stand smiling ...sweet...huggie...lovey...type people right now and I was one of those for others...best way I know how to put is as I told my therapist....I got screwed and din't get any f***ing sugar for almost 40 years of service...now I am some better but a long road and I know it...

Y&R
Too many dang ??? who's your daddy vs who's your momma...
So most days I don't need it...my life "at present" has more excitment in it thank you very much...tada...

Oh I wonder too if kko got her Hallmark ornament for this year too...

nurse connie
Charlie bought our turkey today....a 15 pounder..by next thursday I'll be ready to ram that stuffing in his hind end!! - Mon Nov 16 22:01:57 MST 2009

Wow, rc, you are full of surprises! My husband develops software and he has never given me that info! I have had Vista only a few months but that has been a few months too long, nothing but problems! One thing new is that I can no longer download pictures to my Facebook page. Any solutions for that?
Cactus
- Mon Nov 16 20:40:35 MST 2009

MaryBeth : No, your Vista doesn't have cooties....You just need to change the Pointer scheme on your computer. Go to the Control Panel by pressing the START button on your screen. After pressing START a menu box pops up where you'll see, among other things, the words, "CONTROL PANEL". Bring your cursor to those words and press ENTER. In the Control Panel menu you'll see MOUSE POINTERS and press Enter. On that menu, press "pointers" on the top, then move down to "schemes". Push the arrown button on side of the sentence in that little box and list of different types of mouse pointer schemes will unfold. Choose one like "Hands 2 (system scheme)", for instance, and you'll then see a list of pointers in the shape of hands. The "Busy" hand is holding a clock, to indicate that the computer is working on your choice. This, instead of circle rolling may be more appealing. You may also choose a dinosaur in blue or yellow that is walking when it's busy. Anyway, try these, they may help.
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Nov 16 20:17:44 MST 2009

.... and I really like adb. She has been in here since I started. We've chatted online in the old days, and couch liked her too. I have to say the eyebrow statement from the chatter in question was a bit surprising, but we have all made some inflamatory remarks I'm thinking. Our chat room live was pretty raunchy but we were "alone".

I just don't know what to say.

I don't like big huge spoilers dropped in here. I like to read them and keep the secret, passing on only teasers. The new Canadian chatters often have to be warned about their day early showing. Some of us never read spoilers and hate to hear what's going to happen. It's also annoying to have the day's show replayed in here unless someone asks for it.. like what happened today. I love people's different takes on what goes on though, clothes, design, dialogue, writers storylines. That's what has been fun in here, hearing everyone's opinions on the show.

That said, isn't it interesting Phyllis was wearing that interestingly designed black back dress... so she could go to the wedding formally dressed in a BLACK dress. Why would they do that?
Lots of mom's hearing of the wedding and rushing over to the wedding, might be wearing jeans and a Minnesota Vikings tee shirt.
The thought of Sheila being the mystery MOM ocurred to me too. Whoever she is, she was as evil as terrible Tom, wasn't she?
Daisy seems to be a little snakey, don't ya think? love that innocent little name though. And Billy's office space, surely they could need the whole building for ART, and Billy would have to vacate.
MaryBeth
- Mon Nov 16 18:31:19 MST 2009

I always think of KKO at this time of year, too, as I struggle to get ANY cookies baked, while she will be baking dozens for other than herself. BTW, KKO, if you are reading, I finally .... last week .... found a panini grill, which I have hidden in the garage and am putting under my tree from "Santa." Does anyone else ever buy their own gifts????
Cactus
Chinook has blown in, so high winds, but very mild temperatures. Enjoyed kids in the schoolyard down the street out with their kites today. - Mon Nov 16 17:59:20 MST 2009

My two cents...and I'm sure I'm over-valuing: When you "talk" with others on the internet, you can't see their face or hear their tone of voice. I think it's best to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and trust that they didn't set out to hurt anyone. My very best friend of over 30 years will often, without thinking, make racist remarks (what can you expect, she grew up in Peoria!) and I call her on it. She grunts...and is over it. I still love her. My remarks to RC were meant in the same "tsk tsk" way. I think it was nice of him to not get an attitude about it and storm out of the chat room.

I have Vista. My circle only turns until a website is "done" then it makes itself scarce. I don't know enough about computers to know whether Vista is good or not, but my SIL just got Windows 7 and says it's much better. He said it was simpler, not as complicated.

In the wise words of Rodney King "Can't we all just get along?"

lady bug
- Mon Nov 16 16:02:37 MST 2009

Hi to all, MaryB that was nice of you to apologize to KKO. She was one of my favorite posters and her leaving was part of the reason I rarely post now. You were not solely responsible though, I beleive one or two others need to apologize. I was mostly ran off by a certain poster myself and don't care to elaborate on that so don't ask. Hopefully we will take Mary and Toots words to heart, I totally agree with them.
Blessings to all
Totsie
- Mon Nov 16 14:16:48 MST 2009

MaryBeth: Vista is the crappiest ever! There is nothing you can do about the circle. I am getting the new upgrade FOR SURE.
Cactus
- Mon Nov 16 12:50:23 MST 2009

Does anyone else have Vista? I hate how that little circle just turns and turns when moving from one thing to the next. WHat do you do about it? I thought I might have some cooties in my machine, but clean-ups don't change it.
MaryBeth
- Mon Nov 16 12:18:44 MST 2009

WILLIE: 59 years! Wow, you both deserve some kind of a medal! Congratulations, obviously you have discovered the secrets of a successful marriage over the years.

Mary/Maine: I guess if we did all treat others as we would like to be treated, we would have a very different world, wouldn't we? Remembering the young couple recovering.

Cactus
Alberta, Canada - Mon Nov 16 11:44:36 MST 2009

gnikkib,

I think Daisy is Sheila's baby, especially considering Lauren's "gift."

MaryW - Kick that bastard to the curb.
Pamela
- Mon Nov 16 11:21:39 MST 2009

Did I every say I was sorry for running off KKO, well I am sorry.

She was really angry with me, and she had a right to be angry. Sometimes its too easy to just type in what you are thinking.
If you are lurking KKO, from your California home, I hope your life is good, that you are doing what you like. Christmas is coming and you always do that up real big.

Please come back
MaryBeth
- Mon Nov 16 09:26:36 MST 2009

Sorry Toots, you seem like a wonderful person.Yes people SHOULD be kind to each other but then you have hyper sensitive people like adb who seems to target rc and everytime the poor guy tries to post something she DEMANDS an explanation or belittles him. I know I will get attacked for my comments but she had it coming.
Wise One
- Mon Nov 16 06:57:41 MST 2009

I so hate to read of people hurting each other with unkind words. Life is so prescious and can be very short.A year tomorrow my only wonderful son died of a massive heart attack at home no warning. Was not ill.My life fell apart again! I am sooo thankful he knew he was loved and we always told each other that as we left along with a hug and kiss on the cheek.Same with my Daughter and Grandson.
So please be kind to each other as it may be the last word spoken or written.
Toots
Ohio - Mon Nov 16 06:31:45 MST 2009

I'm curious if adb's nickname in here stands for asinine difficult bitch. Really hate to be rude but hey you sure have a stick up your ass where rc smiley is concerned. Do you just hate men? LOL
Wise One
- Mon Nov 16 05:36:46 MST 2009

PS - forgot to mention, Willie, HQ, Emelie, I think started around the time I did.

Nite
J
- Sun Nov 15 22:02:49 MST 2009

MaryB - Oh, yeah the good old days with couch, and some of the oldbies. Toots, Jam, Frances, adb, kko, coug, Claude, Izzy, La King, Joanie, totie, shoe etc, etc. I joined chat in 01 and I'm a newbie compared to those people. I really don't chime is as much cuz I don't watch Y&R now. Wow, couch had my back a few times when a NO Name would pick on me. Loved her.

Later
Jean
Houston - Sun Nov 15 21:59:52 MST 2009

Fireman had to attend an accident the other day where a young woman and her male friend were severely hurt, their conditions are critical.Tonight it is a week later and they are still alive, but struggling to stay so.

Ft. Hood people are hurting, people are without jobs, a lady on Oprah the other night revealed what is left of her face after being attacked by a chimp and still she struggles to go on. Every second someone finds out they have cancer, a loved one dies,war goes on around the world, someone is abused.

A little kindness,thoughtfulness,patience and thinking about others feelings and biting out tongues at times when we are put out could help so many to have a better day, we never know what someone else is facing or has been through.

I think of Betty Boop and how lonely she was and how she had a problem remembering and through this chat she reached out to find snippets of friendship and then before we knew it she was gone. I remember how many got annoyed with some of her postings (sometimes she didn't read what had been written before she posted) and even with the fact that she always said God Bless, in the long run it didn't matter, she bothered nobody really, all they had to do was overlook or turn off the computer. She was a lovely person who had a hard row in life to hoe, but she was blessed with a wonderful voice and a kind heart. I think of her often, I still have her email address of my computer, her phone number in my address book. We were fortunate to have known her and to have let the little things slide so that we did get to know her.

Just thanking the powers to be that right now things are good with us, and realizing how fast those things can change. It isn't yet Thanksgiving, but be thankful and hug those close a little closer and be blind to some things that really don't matter in the long run.

Say a prayer or send healing thoughts to that young woman and man and each of their loved ones in Maine who are struggling to get through each day. Thanks for reading this if you have gotten this far and for sending your thoughts and prayers to that young couple. I promise to not write so much anytime in the near future.
Mary
Maine - Sun Nov 15 21:31:30 MST 2009

adb : Hmmmm.....Yes, yes it was. Sorry to be so repetitive. Guess I didn't pay attention. Yet, I found it fascinating that I didn't have to crawl in a tube to get MRI'd. Zip, zip and it was done!

Oh, by the way. We here where I live were not soaked, but other parts of Hampton Roads were ruined by water and wind( old live oaks especially). People were buying new or used cars yesterday I guess because theirs were "drowned" in the floods. Most of the water receded, but in places the water damage for some houses were almost unlivable. Feel real sorry for those families. That 4-story barge is still too near the beach at Little Neck beach in Sandbridge, but CG and the barge captain say it's just a few days when they can pull her out and send her to her destination in Philadelphia. But yes, we are fine, thank you.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Sun Nov 15 19:59:16 MST 2009

okay -- i'm not going to "be nice" yet again

rc -- did you read that nurse connie wrote she "Went to an open one (larger)" for her MRI -- isn't that just what you were describing -- ??

read first, reply second

thank you

adb
seattle - Sun Nov 15 19:28:55 MST 2009

NC and LadyBug : As some of you may already know, there is some kind of MRI where the X-Ray machine is not in a confined tube, but is a bridge- like unit moving above you as it takes MRI images of parts of your body. I think that's cool. Had that once. Very un-scary and quick. IT moves over YOU, not you inside of a tunnel. But don't remember the cost of the service.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Sun Nov 15 14:32:52 MST 2009

NC I feel your pain. I've had a couple MRI's first one almost had me running screaming into the forest. lol. Second one I said, I need meds if I'm gonna do this, so I had some kind of IV drip and it worked swell. Last time I just had some doggie downers and I was fine. What I like to do is lay a washcloth over my eyes and "go somewhere else" in my head. My favorite place is walking around the Garden District in New ORleans.
MaryBeth
- Sun Nov 15 09:05:01 MST 2009

NC: Kids say the funniest things. I was making my granddaughter some hot chocolate and she said "I need some marshpillows". They do kind of look like little pillows! Adults say funny things too...you made me laugh with the duck tape. I was well into my 50's before I figured out that it was duct tape. Of course, I haven't had a lot of experience with ducts. I'm still not quite sure what they are.

I pray I will never need an MRI. I have few fears but claustrophobia yes. My sister had one, well not quite, she crawled out of it after a few minutes. She has never gotten another one and that was over 10 years ago. I once went camping and had to sleep in the bed over the truck cab. This is when I figured out my fear of closed-in places. The ceiling was about 6/8 inches above my face. After much anxiety, I laid there with eyes closed and pretended I was laying in a grassy field with the blue sky above me. Slept like a baby. Try it...might work for you.

lady bug
- Sun Nov 15 06:35:33 MST 2009

i'm so over this patti/dr. whateverhernameis. i don't like her in this role. shes so annoying. i thought i was finally rid of her with patti going crazy, but here she goes again. anyway, i jsut read an article about the demise of soaps. well, they need to understand that people nowdays are very busy. they don't have time to waste on dragged out storylines (but with no character development). don't they have enough writers to keep the plot moving, or at least developing? please give sharon her baby. and is sheila ryder's mom? who is catherine's daughter? thanks for the vent... oh, and i am sssooooo over adam. please don't let this adam/nick thing drag out. bust him! bring back victor and nikki
gnikkib <energ555@yahoo.com>
atl - Sat Nov 14 21:13:07 MST 2009

MaryBeth and shoe I too miss the old chat room...couch kept us on our toes for sure and claude and his teasers that made you scatch your head to figure them out...lololol
And in old room we talked about evrything encluding Y&R (*_*) and knew all of our famlies...that makes me think of Betty Boop she asked to see pictures of where I lived and I sent her maybe 10 pictures in her Thanksgiving card and she said now who are you???....it for funny for me.
I kept a note book and notes on friends and their famlies...must look for that...

MaryW ... you say you have starting packing your boxes and he crys and slings snot...well wasn't it you that moved in with him to HELP HIM?...and next time you pass by those boxes close them suckers with DUCK TAPE and haul ass away from him...it is abuse he's using against you AND Claire can feel those emotions though you and him if he even touches her...be the person we know you are when we first met you and get away and for once DO WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU and your baby.

RC just knew for sure your power would be off and you floating on the waves....this may be just the thing to get up out of the house and find that awesome job now since there will be soooooooooooo much work to be done.

Can I hear an Amen on those that have had an MRI and freaked out??? Went to an open one (larger) and I never ever lay on my stomach...well I worked myself up to a MAJOR aniety attack that lead to a asthmaic attach...geesh what fun....I'd rather suck a rotten egg thank you...get this I've agreed to try again on thursday !!!

nurse connie
Logan get shis own plastic bag before leaving and finger on cheek says let's see what I can take home today....lololol - Sat Nov 14 18:09:58 MST 2009

I'm definitely losing it! HQ just remined me that we WERE married 59 years on Sep 3rd! OOPS!
Willie
- Sat Nov 14 15:51:36 MST 2009

Mary W, I might as well chime in on this discussion, too. I think I can speak for HQ and if I ever started acting like this guy, abusive and then tearful, I would be on a slow boat to China in a hurry! Even if his apologies, etc. are sincere, he has a split personality and you will never be able to be comfortable with him. Hanging on for children's sake often just brings on mixed-up kids who have to see both sides of his personality. So, with a great lack of experience on this subject (HQ and I, married almost 59 years, have had a very few serious fights, but none where it got to verbal abuse, much less physical) I would say you should make a new life without him.
As for Y&R,it looks like Mac might reconsider yet again about Billy and I hope I'm wrong. He is nothing but bad news. Funny, way back when he and Mac decided not to marry becaue of the cousin thing, I recall Billy as not being this kind of jerk at all. Weren't they a really great couple, which made things that much more devastating? Of course, they were both different actors.
Somebody mentioned that Ryder might have Deacon's son, I think? I don't see how that works; it seems there's somebody else offstage who Deacon is deathly afraid of about his son. Time will tell.
I kept worrying that the cops would interrupt Daniel and Amber's wedding because they dragged it out so long. After all, they'll be after him soon enough!
Willie
- Sat Nov 14 15:49:51 MST 2009

Mary W: The internet is kind of like talking to that stranger you'll never see again...you can say whatever you want. With girlfriends as soon as you say something bad about your SO they never forget it and hold it against him forever. Loyality. Anyway....you say "fighting" and that sounds so harsh, do you mean arguing. Arguing is not only okay, it's healthy. It becomes abuse when there is name-calling or belittling or contempt. On "Everybody Loves Raymond" the fighting is normal, no profanity, not contemptuous and only belittling in a humorous way. And, the kids are always off somewhere in their sound-proof rooms. Although arguing/fighting is okay, Dr. Phil says you should never EVER do it in front of a child because it changes who they are. You need to determine if it's normal fighting and then make an agreement TOGETHER to never do it in front of Claire. That could cut back on the fighting quite a bit..unless she has a sound-proof room...LOL! Anyway....don't worry about airing your dirty laundry...at least it's real laundry and not the fictious drivel we've all become addicted to.
lady bug
- Sat Nov 14 13:11:58 MST 2009

First of all I want to apologize to everyone for airing my dirty laundry in the Y&R chatroom, I hope this convo hasn't scared away the regs from posting. That said, I really do appreciate having someone to talk to about this because I don't have anyone in real life to talk to about Gary. I can't talk to his family about it because well, that's his family; and I don't want to talk to my family about it because if we don't split then I don't want my family to hate him because then if we do stay together that will make holidays very uncomfortable. And all my girlfriends are too busy with their families and jobs to talk on the phone.

I want to say one more thing on the subject and then we can get back to talking about Y&R! I think one of the most difficult things in relationships is deciphering the difference between "normal fighting" and abuse. If anyone has ever watched Everybody Loves Raymond, the couples on there fight all the time, and the matriarch of the family claims this is normal. If it is normal then that would not be a reason to leave someone, would it?

How do you identify abuse? How do you say, this fight was normal fighting, and that fight was abusive? If anyone would like to chime in on that issue I would appreciate hearing other people's experiences and I would really like to hear from the men in the chatroom on this.

Thanks!

PS Cactus and Ladybug I agree with everything you've said and Ladybug you have made me see step families in a new light.
Mary W <read from here>
CO - Sat Nov 14 12:01:12 MST 2009

Shoe: Same here when I joined in North Carolina ... wow, seems a million years ago. Couch and KKO were the best!
Cactus
- Sat Nov 14 11:07:19 MST 2009

MaryBeth, funny you brought up Couch, was just thinking of her. I just loved her cause she was so kind to me when I first started posting...I was such a "newbie" first computer and she helped me in so many ways, one of the first sites I found because of my interest in Y@R. I still know so many people here but don't post often but always read what you are all up to. Will drop by more often.

Gotta say this tho....I miss couch to this day and still remember when I heard she was gone. It is so weird about online stuff, you can become so connected somehow. Are ther Christmas peeps??? If so I am afraid too

shoe
never forget you guys - Fri Nov 13 23:52:29 MST 2009

MaryW : That information was something I heard; admittedly, its validity cannot be verified, but it still might be true. However, seeing today's broadcast with Ryder and Glo in the coffee shop may prove me wrong indeed; yet I don't think he is a trustworthy character, do you?

LadyBug : We at home did not suffer power loss, but homes just 4 or 5 miles from here are temporarily w/o power. At Sandbridge, about 15-20 miles from here, homes (expensive ones) near the beach were surrounded by mounds of ('repositioned') sand dunes and the only through street, Sandfiddler Road, was covered with 4-5 feet of sand. A barge carrying toxic cleaning materials was unmoored from its tugboat near the Eastern shore and is now situated near the shore of Little Neck Park and Beach, just south of Sandbridge. The Coast Guard secured it by adding water to its bilge so its hull remains sunk in the sand near the beach. South Norfolk's streets were/are flooded, and The Hague section, just west of there, is flooded. I'm sorry. You asked.
This will be a storm to remember, like others.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Fri Nov 13 21:24:06 MST 2009

Where are alll the old buddies that used to post in here? Have you moved on? Gotten sick and tired of YR? Maybe you are no longer addicted to posting in the chat room or hearing our opinions.

I have to say I miss you all. You made the chat book so special. I know we all miss couch potato, but we all made it fun.

Whatever your reason, thanks for the memories. You are loved.
MaryBeth <Let it snow ...let it snow...let it snow..>
- Fri Nov 13 17:44:28 MST 2009

MaryW: I will e-mail you over the next few days and we can continue this conversation off the Board. I know this is a difficult time for you.

Everyone have a great weekend and my southern friends, stay safe and dry!
Cactus
Alberta, Canada - Fri Nov 13 12:20:50 MST 2009

Mary W: I have to agree with the others. I was under the impression that the two of you were respectful of each other just not lovey dovey. Abuse is a different story. If you want to give it a last ditch effort...and I would give this a short time limit....then the next time he starts crying for you to stay tell him that HE needs to go to counseling. NO EXCUSES. If it's about money, tell him to sell something, get a second job, whatever he needs to do. Most likely the counselor will advise you to split and that takes it out of your hands. I know parental guilt and you don't want to go forward wondering if you did the right thing. -- Also, you expressed concern that Claire will be confused with four parents. Having four grandparents has never confused a child, they are extremely adaptable. Babies aren't born knowing what society expects. They aren't thinking I need two parents not one, it has to be a man and woman not two daddies, etc. A baby's norm is what they are used to. Sadly, for many children the norm is abuse and you don't want that to happen. If she is happy and loved then whatever the situation of her life, that is her norm and she will not be confused by it. My SIL grew up from early childhood with divorced and remarried (to other people) parents and he has loved them all and benefitted from them all. When I first met the family (they ALL show up for Thanksgiving) I didn't even know who were the real siblings and who were the steps. A child cannot get too much love. Any arrangement will work as long as the adults behave like adults and put the well-being of the children ahead of their issues. -- Lastly, if a grown man is crying because he can't stand to live alone HE has a problem and you don't need to be his enabler. That behavior should be pushing you further out the door, not drawing you back in. I know it's all easier said than done. You are obviously a really good mother and it will take a lot of courage to move forward but you can do it.

RC: Did you survive the storm? I heard that there were major power outages in VB.
lady bug
- Fri Nov 13 05:58:04 MST 2009

MaryW: Mary, I think you are being used in the worst possible way, and you are subject to emotional blackmail. My concern for you is that the longer you stay and the more Claire becomes attached, the harder it will be for you to make the break in the future. By then, you will be so "emotionally abused" and stressed you won't be able to be the amazing Mom to Claire that you are now. And Jean is correct, babies are like sponges, she will pick up on your unhappiness and the tension in the home. I would strongly recommend you see a Counsellor to help you find freedom from this relationship. You have so much to offer a decent guy, don't sell yourself short and live a life of regrets. Don't worry, baby daddy will survive; he's just manipulating you. Wish I could drop over for coffee and talk with you! Anyway, said too much, just please consider seeing a GOOD counsellor. Or just pick up Claire, your basic things, and go to a good woman's shelter for a few days and the staff will help and support you with future planning. Keep us posted.
Cactus
- Thu Nov 12 22:04:35 MST 2009

I think adb is hell-bent on picking on rcsmilely and I don't care to see it anymore.
Be nice
- Thu Nov 12 21:51:26 MST 2009

By the way men in the room I really hope last post did not sound man-hating, I really am not a man hater, I promise.
Mary W
CO - Thu Nov 12 21:28:12 MST 2009

RC where did you read the spoiler that Mrs. C's real daughter is Ryder's mother? I thought the SL was headed in the direction that Ryder's mother was Sheila.....

Cactus and Jean, I do so value your opinions and deep down I know both of you are right because that's how I feel too. I thought maybe I could 'eat it' for the next 20 till she's out of the house and then go out and meet my real soulmate. LOL! Maybe not. I don't know. It's such a confusing issue! I really don't know what to do! What do you do with a guy that deep down you don't feel respects you and acts accordingly with a bunch of immature *&^%, then, when you start packing your boxes, (which I have STARTED many times), he starts crying and says that he'll die if he's left to live here alone??? How the hell is one supposed to react to that??

It's like some men, some people in general, think that if you just keep saying 'sorry' it excuses a pattern of behavior. Saying sorry is nice but it really usually doesn't undo the damage.

BTW If he ever, EVER even slightly mistreated the baby in any way of COURSE I'd be out of here faster than you can say _________ fill in the blank.
Mary W
CO - Thu Nov 12 21:25:35 MST 2009

What do you think will happen when the GC gang finds out Catherine's daughter is the mother of this guy Ryder who's now working Kevin's coffee cafe and pulling Deacon around by his finger (he has Deacon's son, I think).

Who was it that said Chloe's a scene stealer? You're right, pulling Chase's heart strings, and pulling him away from Mac (who many don't seem to like).
But you know what? The scripts have changed and different stories have developed. Do all think this is a welcomed change?
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Nov 12 20:42:49 MST 2009

MaryW - I must agree with Cactus. NO one should be treated like a pile of crap!! Period!! The child will pick up on that quickly, and think that it is normal?!?! Or why is daddy like that to mommy?! He might even start treating your baby like that. He is just a "sperm" donor. IMO kick him to the curb, and eventually you will find a true hunband/lover, and will want to be your babys "real" father. Hope I didn't offend.

Y&R - geez I haven't watched since Colleen drown in the lake....so I can't give you any feedback.

Later - Chicken fried steak, taters, and tossed salad tonight.

PS - my personal trainer is making me "pay" for my "sins" from two weeks of partying at my Germal festival. Ouch!!
Jean
Houston - Thu Nov 12 18:26:53 MST 2009

MaryW: I know you already asked for opinions on the subject and made your decision, but just for the record, IMHO, I can't agree it is in the best interests of the child to be raised with a father in the home who treats her mother like S***t as you say. Wish you the best, though!
Cactus
Canada - Thu Nov 12 15:11:38 MST 2009

To all here: I apologize for the angst-opinionated statements that (and that all they were - statements) offended many readers. Certainly that was not my intent. Again, my apologies.

What's with the new cat in Paul's arms? Looks like a nice cat.
Haven't watched this in quite a few days. We are in the midst of Nor'easter here in Va Beach, Norfolk, and Oceanview where streets are flooded and trees downed. Should be over by Saturday(hope, hope...)

Oh, I see, the cat is Patty's.
As soon as the TV comes back, I'll be backkk.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Nov 12 10:48:27 MST 2009

I have to agree about Delia, what a sweet little scene steeler she is! She's quite a change from The Phyllis/Nick infant...never can remember her name, poor little scrawny baby. Ofcourse now she's so cute. I always remember "lil" Philip as a pretty perky kid actor...almost as bad a Dakota Fanning in live interviews( she's a great actress but live she's over the top.)
MaryBeth
- Thu Nov 12 08:52:14 MST 2009

Cactus, ITA RE Abby. Abby's behavior doesn't shock me at all, in fact I think this SL is going in the right direction, a realistic direction, for once. This is how a teen would act if she had been thru all Abby has.

Phillip is quite the "leaver", isn't he. All these absentee parent storylines really are mimicking real life, this happens more times than any of us would like!

I see my own life in Chloe. I, too, would like to leave the father of my baby who treats me like &*%$ and start anew w/ someone else; however, I think this is not in the best interest of the child. You would think "4 parents" would be a good thing but I think it's just too complicated for the child.

RE Fort Hood, did you know one of the women killed was 3 months pregnant? There are no words......it's almost too awful to be true.
Mary W <Delia getting cuter by the minute>
CO - Wed Nov 11 14:18:31 MST 2009

NC: I hear you re grad, I think we should start saving already. It is so frustrating we "supposedly" have free public education, yet just to get our two kids in the door of the school this year, cost fees of over $700. Even just the "core" subject of Phys. Ed. costs $100, because the kids may have to play golf or some other sport that costs money. And then there's all the "field trips" that cost ... and Sports, which we feel are important ... $600 for high school football, $500 for high school volleyball. I honestly don't know how some parents manage.
Cactus
And I live in a "have" province, Alberta - Wed Nov 11 13:20:07 MST 2009

cactus we have several stores that have the thunder storms in the produce section....of of course around the bakery...OMG!!!

Sad day for Fort Hood and their famlies...

No interst in Y&R of late...

Don happy late birrrrrrrrrthdaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to you...hope Bridgett cooked you a nice meal.

Why do graduations cost two arms and a leg?

OMG Charlie has found a Sara Lee Carmel Apple pie and it super duper...deep dish...

Well I'm sure all the cats and dogs have been rained in East Tn...there are puddles on top of puddles....and chilly

Love the greens and turnips this time of the year...cook a ton and get a handful...aint right I tell ya...lolol

nurse connie
Rain, wind, brrrrrr....dogs hate to potty in this weather... - Tue Nov 10 19:37:26 MST 2009

thank you lady bug --

i had a sick feeling that rc smiley's comment

"Should justice prevail in this case, you all?"

did have racial and ethnic overtones

which makes me more than a little upset

of course the shooter is nuts or he would not have shot; his religion and his education and his medical and psychiatric degrees are hardly relevant because he's insane

rc smiley -- i have no idea what you are thinking when you write things like the above and, from a few weeks ago, something about fuzzy eyebrows directs your attention toward the fuzz above the eyes instead of the rest of the body

why are you writing stuff inflammatory stuff like this in the chat room ??

adb
seattle - Tue Nov 10 19:10:54 MST 2009

RC NOBODY has said that the shootings at Ft. Hood were justified. No shooting spree of innocent people is EVER justified for ANY reason. My only point is that a person's religion doesn't make his crime worse than other's who have committed the same crime. If a white Christian had done these shootings, it would be just as evil and require just as much justice. Anyway...you will agree I'm sure that our President gave a really beautiful eulogy today.

Where are Amber and Daniel getting the money for a wedding extravaganza??? Lauren must be paying her too much.

The way Abby looked at the picture of Ashley and Faith...it was like daggers coming out of her eyes. Maybe some jealousy. But, I agree with Cactus (I think she said it) that Abby is more than justified in being a screwed up teenager.

lady bug
- Tue Nov 10 16:32:23 MST 2009

please, will sharron and nick ever find out the truth re the baby girl
judy in california
judy sewell <jnbnana@aol.com>
livermore ca. - Tue Nov 10 14:34:15 MST 2009

Hi, everyone~

Hope you all are well. Just had to post how funny I thought it was that the poster hanging in the hall of Abbey's school said, "Cougers" -- !! Looks like Abbey isn't the only one doing poorly at that school.

Take care, and I hope to check in more often..

PS: Here's a great tribute to the men who went down with the Edmund Fitzgerald 34 years ago today: youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw

coug
WA - Tue Nov 10 12:26:54 MST 2009

LadyBug : My apologies to all who are Muslim. However, the doctor's disagreement of going to Afghanistan because of his political and emotional connection with people there, does not, IMO justify the random murder of individuals in the same Army who are going to Afghanistan.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Nov 10 09:32:53 MST 2009

RC: Any shooting of innocent people is horrific and justice needs to be served. The fact that this guy is pro-Muslim doesn't mean he requires justice more than other shooters....IMO. Muslims in the U.S. who are law abiding citizens have it hard enough without having to take responsibility for every nutcase. These random shootings and school shootings...why is it always innocent people who did nothing to hurt that person. I watched the movie "Food, Inc" (not for those with a tender heart or weak stomach). And I thought...although I wouldn't want ANYONE shot...if a crazy person does go nuts and want to shoot people, why not go to a board of directors meeting at Monsanto. At least we could say they deserved it.
lady bug
- Tue Nov 10 05:46:40 MST 2009

Cactus : Yes, that was a good brief synopsis of Abby's strange, depressing life (sorry for the superfluous terms). I guess it would be no surprise if her behavior got odd.

To responders of my thing: Justice, as I saw it at that writing meant the needle or the chair instead of life sentence for all those lives taken (especially considering his pro-Muslim reasons for the shootings). I don't consider sanity to be an issue in this regard. He is a psychiatrist, no?
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Nov 9 18:37:55 MST 2009

Totally off topic, so what else is new, but when, I wonder, if ever, will celebreties quite being so in love with themselves they have to tape themselves in sexual situations, only to have fits and start lawsuits if their eventually ex-spouse/s wants to make some money from it.
Cactus
- Mon Nov 9 18:14:50 MST 2009

Collean was Tracy's and Brad's daughter, Abby is Ashley and Victor's child although Brad raised her, so actually they would be cousins not sisters although because of Brad they treat each other as sisters.
Mary
Maine - Mon Nov 9 17:12:13 MST 2009

Colleen and Abby had the same father....Brad....so I think they considered each other sisters. Although....that is one gnarled family tree!!
lady bug
- Mon Nov 9 15:47:02 MST 2009

Forgot to mention the jealousy over the new baby, which in time she will find out is really not her sister.
cactus
- Mon Nov 9 12:43:27 MST 2009

The Y & R writers don't know much about child psychology. Ashley is looking at the past few months as the cause for Abby's behavior. What about her childhood? Her parents divorced when she was young. Her mother removed her from her family completely by moving out of the country. She had to leave that security to return to Genoa City. Then the person she grew up with as her father (Brad) died tragically. Her mother gets involved with another man. Surprise, she also now has a man she refers to as her "adoptive" father. Mom is depressed for months. Her Aunt Colleen dies suddenly and tragically. New dad is also critically ill. Mom and adoptive dad divorce and this dad leaves her in the lurch with another woman. Now she's hitting on Ryder, ewwwwwwwww! This girl is going to be messed up for life without some serious long-term counselling.
Cactus
- Mon Nov 9 12:42:12 MST 2009

Those were the first reports, but then later it was revealed that he was alive.
Mary
Maine - Mon Nov 9 06:53:49 MST 2009

I thought the Fort Hood shooter was shot and killed???
Mary W
CO - Sun Nov 8 22:56:44 MST 2009

adb, I think RC is asking IF we think the man responsible of this crime will end up receiving an appropriate fate decided by our justice system or if like many others will somehow slide by, and I don't mean that "If" the person has mental issues that those shouldn't be considered.

Toots was in the 60's today and may go into the 20's overnight,brrrrrr!!
Mary
Maine - Sun Nov 8 21:55:26 MST 2009

I like very subtle good (which usually means expensive, unfortunately) cologne on men. I pick out my husband's, as I am allergic to many. The other day I got him McGraw -- now how can Tim's cologne not smell absolutely yummy!

Have a great week everyone, keep smiling.
Cactus
getting chilly in Alberta - Sun Nov 8 20:39:09 MST 2009

rc -- what do you mean by this question ??

"Should justice prevail in this case, you all?"

thanks

adb
seattle - Sun Nov 8 19:34:25 MST 2009

Oh. Forgot.
Willie : Ditto on Cane and Neil. Murphy is a good addition to the cast, esp. when he's charming Catherine. And this Deacon dude; some character's got to put him out, or something. Yes, though, he keeps the show interesting.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Sun Nov 8 18:37:32 MST 2009

Pinkie : ("Pink" ?) Maybe that "hair" problem was why Lily wore the dramatic skullcap; maybe she needed a haircut. (lol?)
Ladybug : "...an earthship..."? LOL. Mac surrogating I think is a grand idea. Would make the character more appealing. Mac needs appeal. Oh, and re: Jack kissing Dr.P I thought, "Can't Jack tell that's Patty?" But I'm not the scriptwriter.
Cactus : A grocery store like that would drive me nuts. Besides, I might end up buying too much (especially if I don't eat before I shop, like we all should).

My prayers and thoughts to all families of the perished servicemen/women at Fort Hood. Should justice prevail in this case, you all?
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Sun Nov 8 18:30:21 MST 2009

Oddly enough, I have some good things to say about Y&R today. Lily, Cane and Neil were all doing a good job of acting, showing her fear and yet also her hope for the future amid indications that Neil is beginning to recognize Cane's true love for his daughter. Of course, Cane's breakdown was certainly an eye-opener.
And it's always good when Murphy is on. He and Catherine provided an upbeat scene.
The plot line about Deacon and the mysterious entity that seems to be driving him, involving his young son, is also interesting.
So, no gripes from us today. Plenty of time to get to that later!
To coin a phrase, have a good day!

Willie
- Sun Nov 8 15:57:58 MST 2009

Toots we got about 9 inches in our storm and the trees were bending with their new gowns of white. Today it is sunny and warm and the snow is melting, some areas of Maine didn't get any. We were just driving onto our road and the house on the corner ( an old old farm house) had a swarm of bees trying to get into the clapboards (they are split), they build in there every year and they have to have a guy come and try to collect them each time (repair I guess isn't a word they have heard of yet)!! I can't remember seeing a swarm in November before.

Have a good day, we had to purchase a new tv today as our old one passed away! :( Fireman is attempting to set the new one up so he can watch the Patriots this afternoon. I think I will go see This Is It at the movies.
Mary
Maine - Sun Nov 8 10:52:36 MST 2009

Mary Maine: I sooo agree with you about Lily and her makeup, She was feeling good and expecting her Dad for dinner. Do you still have snow or has it melted? Beautiful sunny day here.I have a white squirrel playing in my yard along with some gray ones ~~cute.
Toots
sunny Ohio - Sun Nov 8 10:21:05 MST 2009

Cactus I'm just glad they don't have the cows mooing in the meat department, that would just be sad. LOL

Reading all your posts religiously

2 shootings 2 days in a row....what the devil is going on with us, I'll tell ya this country better start paying more attention to mental health or we are in for a world of hurt.
Mary W <read from here>
CO - Sat Nov 7 18:06:10 MST 2009

I just thought that since Lilly had been having a good day, out and about that she had put on some makeup and then was rushed to the hospital. I thought the lip gloss had just stayed put.

I will try to get a card out by Monday for the little boy.

We have so much to be thankful for.
Mary
Maine - Sat Nov 7 16:00:46 MST 2009

Thanks for the address, I checked it out on Snopes and it is indeed legitimate. Doesn't your heart just ache for the family?
MaryBeth
USA - Sat Nov 7 15:11:03 MST 2009

Came across this...I'd include the website but this site doesn't allow it:

Noah is five years old and is in the final stages of a 2-1/2 year battle with Neuroblastoma, a terminal form of cancer. He will not make it until Christmas and, therefore, his family is celebrating Christmas for him next week. Noah's only request for presents is to get a lot of Christmas cards.

If you have a chance this weekend, please send Noah a card. You will make his day. You can send it to:

Noah Biorkman
1141 Fountain View Circle
South Lyon , MI 48178

(Maybe lots of love from people all over the country will help him get better.)

lady bug
- Sat Nov 7 13:54:02 MST 2009

Weighing in on Lilly's head....yeah, the baldness looks very real. I would think that in the hospital she would wear a cute stocking cap. Maybe they used the shower cap to offset the fact that her make up was perfection. I found that odder than the cap. I guess her vanity is more important to her than her role. I respect an actress who will allow themselves to look really ugly. Like Charlize Theron in "Monster".

Cactus: Your joke made me laugh! I can't imagine a grocery store like that.

Strong scents give me a headache. If I wear perfume, it's a mere whisper if that. I've heard that the best way to apply perfume is to spray AWAY from your body at chest level and then walk through the mist.

Billy is very attractive and a good actor. I don't like characters(or people, for that matter) who don't think before they speak or act. He is very egotistical and arrogant. And...I really find his extreme facial expressions obnoxious and annoying. I used to have a friend who made exaggerated facial expressions because he had some kind of illness. It didn't bother me because I knew he couldn't help it and I loved him. (I used to love him...he moved to Durango and became a whacko conspiracy theory nutcase. He's probably living in an earthship.) Billy's seem like over-acting.

I'm loving the Mac/surrogate story already. But, WHY is Neil (according to previews) already against it??? I would think that there would be no greater motivation for Lilly to get better than if she had a baby on the way. Since Norman Cousins it's been scientific fact that joy and laughter can have a hugely positive effect on cancer patients.

Jack Kissing Dr. P: First, that was clearly sexual harassment in my book and if the next scene isn't her slapping him, then she is no professional. Second, knowing the history of Patty Cake (her patient) and Jack, how can she even consider a relationship with him? Of course she will anyway....
lady bug
- Sat Nov 7 06:23:02 MST 2009

Hi everyone Son is finally here , relieved he made it saftley Im happy..

re:Lily and her on again off again bald hair . anyone notice that her head looked like she had hair stuffed up under that knit cap and then again with the Hospital hat,, I must say with all the hair she does have Its amazing how real her head looks bald.
Love a good smelling men . I think Michael would smell good Mary B ..
Pinkie
- Fri Nov 6 23:05:38 MST 2009

Me again, just thinking when we have really strong negative feelings about an actor, they are either so GOOD at what they do, or so BAD at what they do. I think Billy is disliked because he is so good at what he does, and Adam was so bad. Just MY opinion, of course. "Billy" was in Calgary a couple of weeks ago at a Woman's Show. He was a huge hit with his fans.
cactus
little town in the mountains, canada - Fri Nov 6 19:09:06 MST 2009

I miss the days when Ashley was always in the Lab coming up with new scents! Wonder who's doing it now? Our high shools are now "scent free." Can't even shower with smelly bodywash. Those AXE products were the worst, knocked me over.
Cactus
- Fri Nov 6 19:05:30 MST 2009

MaryBeth - Well, yeah. If she's still bald. You're right, though. It is a bit much; too dramatic.
It appears Lily's illness brings everyone together for a common good: comforting each other.
Neil used to hate Jill, and there they are hugging. Besides, I heard that jolly Jill is gonna be the next matriarch (I guess after Catherine goes -er- retires)

Also, it looks as if Nick has taken the wheel at the helm and making right decisions for Newman - good for him. Too bad about Victoria and JT though. Even though, as we all know, they just left to have their baby. (!!)
Oh, and Billy is an absolute a--hole.
Anything new with you all?
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Fri Nov 6 18:54:34 MST 2009

Cactus, smell-o-vision ...very funny!

Did you all notice Lily had her tinted lipgloss on today?laying in her hospital room with a fever? Would she really have to wear that surgery cap?
MaryBeth
- Fri Nov 6 15:50:20 MST 2009

Cactus : I heard Smell-O-Vision was coming, bit it's just... well, the idea of hens clucking, and the supermarket air is filled with ... Whew! Henhouses? I like the toilet paper joke, though. LOL.Great,Cactus (Right, Bacon & Eggs smell better)

MaryBeth: So might you guess that Victor's scent SHOUTS? I think I might; but thinking about it, part of Newman's and Jabot's industries have some fragrances. The "overkill" on Victor might not sell. Just a thought.
A few times, some women, well-heeled maybe, would pass by me to leave a noticeable waft of their quietly fragrant cologne. But sometimes it's .... "Whew! Too much!"... others, it's just pleasant.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Fri Nov 6 15:41:02 MST 2009

Where is everybody???
Mary
Maine - Fri Nov 6 15:08:30 MST 2009

Thoughts and prayers tonight for the victims at Fort Hood. May God be with each and every victim's family and loved ones and may those injured recover fully.
Mary
Maine - Thu Nov 5 22:37:34 MST 2009

RC, there are just some women that show themselves to be high maintenance and they are often over-perfumed.So some women seem like they'd wear tons of heavy and strong sents, that smell lovely when they whisper, but when over-done are just plain too much ..they SHOUT. I love perfumes to whisper. Men wearing scents don't seem to match that same paradigm. But there are also, some guys who wear shouting scents and not whispering scents. I live in my head, RC, I'm a people observer, so watching Jill, Phyllis, Nick, Victor, Nikki Sharon, I just find myself guessing if their scents whisper or shout.
MaryBeth
- Thu Nov 5 21:40:55 MST 2009

MaryBeth: Smell-o-vision may be closer than you think.
We have a new supermarket which has an automatic water mist-er to keep the produce fresh. Just before it goes on, you hear the sound of distant thunder and the smell of fresh rain.

When you pass the fresh milk stand, you hear cows mooing and you experience the scent of fresh cut hay.

In the meat department there is the aroma of charcoal grilled steaks and sausages.

In the liquor department, you get the clean, crisp smell of hops and freshly brewed beer.

When you approach the egg section, you hear hens cluck and cackle, and the air is filled with the pleasing aroma of bacon and eggs frying.

The bread department features the tantalizing smell of fresh-baked bread and biscuits.

I don't buy toilet paper there any more, though.

Cactus
laughing her head off in Alberta (apologies to those who don't appreciate my humor) - Thu Nov 5 21:31:56 MST 2009

RC, they were able to save some of Lilly's eggs so that she could become a mother at some time.
Mary
Snow covered Maine - Thu Nov 5 20:01:07 MST 2009

Fireman : Funny. (sorry Don)

What? Jill's having mother problems again? Who is it now?
I wondered if the Psych doctor Jack is talking to is just another design of Patty's to get to ol' Jack. (just an impression).

How typical. Billy runs his business from a bar. Yet. I think his business savvy may override his choice of office space.
What cancer does Lily have? If she's next to get pregnant, like some of you've said, it would be impossible if the machinery is gone, no?
But later in the episode, Lily had a monster fever. I wondered if she's allergic to her husband's sperm (I heard it happens---oi.)

You know, it might be relieving not to have Victor, the mumbling one, present in the soap (I know at least one of you agree.). It enlarges roles for others.
See, I'm not the only one who thinks the doc is Patty (you know what I mean if you saw today's show).
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Nov 5 19:22:20 MST 2009

Ouch! Don, get on "here" more, not "HER" sorry.
Fireman <Ground is covered in snow>
Maine - Thu Nov 5 13:33:17 MST 2009

Don, if you still read the chat, am wishing you a happy birthday tomorrow. You and Bridget need to get on her more and post. Hope all is well and that you do enjoy another year. Best wishes!

Ah! First car/truck. At age 4yrs old, was sitting in my dad's lap, steering a 1944 Ford Tractor. (Legs wouldn't reach the pedals) lol.
Not really sure the first vehicle I actually drove on the road, but am thinking it was a 1953 Ford Pickup. First car I owned was a 1972 Pontiac Lemans. I would fly from Maine to Jacksonville, Fla in it. I-95 was not completed back then, but still could do it in 24 hrs.

Y&R: Have not had a chance to watch in a couple months, but keep abreast, from Mary and the post you all put up here. Thanks for the difference in opinions.
Fireman <First day of snow>
Maine - Thu Nov 5 10:45:50 MST 2009

Smell-o-vision is all a fantasy.
MaryBeth
- Thu Nov 5 08:02:34 MST 2009

Hi everyone, haven't posted for awhile but wanted to say if there are any horseracing fans out there wish me luck I am going to Breeders Cup at Santa Anita, a dream come true for me. Anyone have any hot tips??

Regarding the show, to me its been kinda boring lately, except for , dare i say it Chloe, that character has really grown on me. i stop what I am doing to watch one of her scenes as quickly as I flee at one of Ashley's.
shoe
california bound - Wed Nov 4 22:58:50 MST 2009

"Other daughter"? Do tell. What Katherine has another as yet unbeknownst child? [note: the previous word is used in familiar terms to describe someone, or something, not yet discovered or revealed.] Well, any addition at this point sounds good.

LB: I guess the story line about bringing the dog overseas is a bit unrealistic. Still, the whole premise sounded pleasant; pleasant for a "closing chapter" for two characters.

MaryBeth: How do you know who on TV "smells good"? Unless, of course you mean that figuratively? (Had to check my spelling on that).

Missed Y&R today, but hope to see it tomorrow. C U all.

rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Wed Nov 4 18:14:46 MST 2009

Kay had an affair with the man who became a Judge ( was on the show back when it was believed that Jill was the child from that relationship) while her husband Philip was away. We know now that Jill wasn't the daughter after all so there is another one out there somewhere. Could it be Dr. Peterson? I wish they would find Nina's child that was kidnapped way back when, that would add a little something new.

Mary
Maine - Wed Nov 4 18:10:17 MST 2009

As we haven't had a pregnancy for a few weeks now, it should be time for another one. Let's see ... gotta be Lily.
What is the story on Katherine's "other daughter"? Who was the father?
Cactus
- Wed Nov 4 16:04:49 MST 2009

Jill, and Katherine?
david
- Wed Nov 4 11:29:35 MST 2009

A friend of mine wanted to take his dog on a six week trip to Europe, so he checked it out. The dog would have to travel in the baggage department...that would be the belly of the plane. Six hours one way, nine hours the other. He didn't mention quarantine. The other alternative, he was told, was a private jet for $6,000 round trip. I guess it's a non-issue for the Newmans.
lady bug
- Wed Nov 4 03:43:57 MST 2009

oh yes, wouldn't there be a period of...holding in quarentine for an animal from the USA...Secundo? They could have named it DOS too.
MaryBeth
- Tue Nov 3 21:24:58 MST 2009

Oh my, I heard there is a new STRONG male figure on the horizen coming into GC.
There are some things cooking with Ashley's daughter and the new girl. WOW will she go out of control when her mom finds out who's baby she really has.
I have heard nothing about Adam leaving or staying. All I can say about him, is Hmm he is well dressed. Bet he smells good too. Don't ya think Michael smells good too?
MaryBeth
- Tue Nov 3 21:20:14 MST 2009

Sounded interesting how Victor and Nikki took off for Belgium with "Secundo" . Romantic, no?
Seeing Billy this morning walk into his girlfriend's business nursing a bottle of beer and asserting his agendas only furhter illustrates how he annoys people.

Seems refreshing to see Nick step int his dad's shoes at Newman to indicate 'change' as he spoke w/ Ashley ("I'm not going to be a figurehead..."). Someone new at the helm.
Looks as if Cane and Lily finally have the right idea, eh?
. . . .and the new salesgirl for Lauren's store looks kinda fishy. Don't you think?

Well, in summary, it appears to me that the writers did a neat job of tying up characters and sending them away ('cause the don't know what to do with them now?). I prefer that than a repetitive story going months. What do you all think?
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Nov 3 18:38:02 MST 2009

WILLIE: I have actually met a Claude Hopper, Rose Bush and Crystal Fountain. I bet the kids don't think their names are so cute as they grow up! (The BEST one though is in the Loblaw family. His given name is Robert, but he is called Bob. Try this fast, Bob Loblaw.)
NC: Good to hear your news and all is well.
WAIT -- is the Adam character truly leaving the show? I would be the first one to jump for joy, but I was hoping against hope he would leave Ashley a secret message to have her baby's DNA checked, or a secret message for Sharon implying her baby is really Ashley's Faith, or doggoneit, actually come clean and CONFESS what he has done ... then ride off into the sunset never to be seen again, unless they recast his role.
Cactus
no snow at present in the foothills, but the mountains have beautiful white peaks now - Tue Nov 3 18:32:52 MST 2009

NC: From the time my little grandaughter could barely stand, she loved playing in my car. She could keep herself busy in there for the longest time. When I get back in to go some place, my wipers would be on, hazard lights, heat, etc. Now, when I pick her up in the morning, the second I unstrap her from her carseat, she slips into the front seat. Then I have to beg and plead and bribe her with candy to get her out of the car. Oh...and she's in charge of opening and closing the garage door. She pushes the button on the wall when we leave and come back....and then when we drive away and come home I hand her the garage door opener and she opens and closes. She gets such a kick out of being in control of that big door.

Billy's facial expressions are so obnoxious....if I were Mac I'd dump him just for that reason. But, I think she's going to stick it out with him, being that she's so saintly and forgiving.

Yep, looks like Adam is leaving. I got the feeling today that it will be Nick who will take on the ruthless Victor role.

Genoa City must be Camelot...the one little oasis of the country that isn't experiencing unemployment. Nope...the jobs are plentiful and a person can get one in less than half an hour. The jobs themselves seem to be high paying and don't require much time and effort. Thus giving the employees plenty of time to screw up their personal lives and hang out at the coffee shop.

lady bug
- Tue Nov 3 17:20:39 MST 2009

Hello friends and neighbors....
Charlie is doing pretty good at present...he and oldest son have a total of SIX mustangs they are restoring!!! Drives me nuts but keeps them busy and bonding...two of the cars are parts cars that will go back to the shedder...we bought Nate one for his graduation that his dad and papaw are restoring for him...all of these are 1986 - 1988 or 1989 style coupes or with hatch backs...one of the "parts" cars is Logan's play car...he drives it and uses the turn signal, emergency brake and turns the steering wheel...(no ties on the car)...he has such an imagination in it...he'll have papaw sit in the passenger seat and he'll drive him to Don Don's...or the grocery store to buy apples...soooooooooooooooo cute
Of course we still have our older cars too...
My first car I owned was bought by Charlie after we married an old 1951 chevy truck, three speed on the collum and windshield wipers worked off the vaccuum off the motor...what a hoot...I'd love to have that truck back now...

Y&R
Yes I think Vic and JT are headed to NYC to birth her baby ... so that was all that writing story was about...IMO
Victor and Nikki will go to Belgium to heal now and he'll come back ready for Jacko...IMO
Billy is the bad boy...don't know that Mac will hang on much longer for his actions...
Thank all the saints that be that Adam is leaving town and hopefully wont come back for at least a couple of years...
Is Abby going to be like Brittney was???
Sometimes I'm sooooo bored I watch then get a headache...and don't watch for days or weeks...

No trick or treaters this year...Logan my Frankinstein with his voice activated chest lights and my little pumpkin princess came by at 1:30 before heading to other grandmother's ....Nate was playing real cop for crowd control at our Halloween on the town...he got to help arrest somebody....the way he talked and was going on you would of thought somebody gave him two pounds of pure milk chocolate...lololol

Leaves are just about all gone in my mountains...we still have some here in the valley...time to wrap those outside pikes etc...cool weather is here...getting close to time to gobble...gobble

nurse connie
I love the fall of the year soooooo much.... - Tue Nov 3 15:54:00 MST 2009

does anyone know the name of the last song played at Colleen's memorial service?
Ronnie <crazypossum2003@yahoo.com>
Tn - Tue Nov 3 13:25:21 MST 2009

rc smiley -- what does this mean ?? -- i do not get your meaning re eyebrows in the 1970s and 1980s -- "your attention is directed to the fuzz above the eyes instead of the rest of their bodies .... well, you get my meaning . . . "

adb
seattle - Tue Nov 3 07:44:44 MST 2009

Willie : Liked you brief family tale about Justin (yes, lol!) Thanks for sharing that w/ us. (I often try to be cute with the quips and your story made my attempt worthwhile - Thank you.)

MaryBeth, LadyBug, Susan : I think the fluffy eyebrows were the rage in the '70's and maybe '80's. Therefore I should hope that by now some of the actresses and models of that time would've trimmed those 'brows by now. If you've noticed, your attention is directed to the fuzz above the eyes instead of the rest of their bodies .... well, you get my meaning. Is that right? - - Moot, I know.

Missed it today, but hope to see Y&R tomorrow.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Nov 2 19:47:32 MST 2009

Willie: That's funny....Justin Case...LOL!

Come to think of it, big eyebrows were in style back in the...70's? Super model of that era, Margaux Hemingway (may she rest in peace) had big ones. You know...eyebrows...

Nick is something else!!! He had an affair with Phyllis and got her pregnant, while still married to Sharon, while Sharon was mourning the loss of Cassie and HE wants to protect her from getting hurt?????

lady bug
- Mon Nov 2 16:54:12 MST 2009

rcsmiley, when HQ was pregnant with our first, friends kept telling us to name him "Justin" and that got pretty old, since our last name is Case.
Fireman, the vehicle I learned to drive in was a 2 1/2 ton Army truck at Camp Blanding, Fla. in 1943. I eventually learned all about low-range, double-shifting and all that, but I never did learn how to back up properly with a trailer attached. It drove our motor sergeant batty!
Y&R is fairly interesting lately but it looks like they're going to keep old Adam as the designated villain and we don't care for the actor at all.

Willie
- Mon Nov 2 16:12:02 MST 2009

Interesting news coming from the U.S. re the H1N1. Different than from our experts. We are already into the second wave and they expect this flu to continue on through the entire winter here. The tricky thing about this flu is that people, of all ages, from very young to elderly, are dieing when they have had no pre-existing health problems. Our 15-year old boy has had it and had pneumonia before he even starting coughing. Just wham, bam. Of course, with our very screwed up health system here in Alberta (DON'T believe everything you read from people like Michael Moore) we are now OUT of the vaccine! Only 400,000 people have received it in our province so far and there are over a million people in one city alone! I'm not in one of the high risk groups and have a good immune system, but have decided to get the H1N1 shot anyway, as I would never forgive myself if I got it and passed it on to someone else. Just a personal preference.
Ladybug, you gave good common sense suggestions to help us stay healthy.

Can anyone comment on Daisy and where she will fit in the scheme of things?
Cactus
Alberta, Canada - Mon Nov 2 13:39:47 MST 2009

Susan,I've heard that before, but when she was first on there, she wasn't alone with the "fluffy" eyebrows.Remember Brooke Sheilds, and some of the beauty queens from that era? I notice even men have clean lines and now fluff now.
MaryBeth <mbeth6565@yahoo.com>
- Mon Nov 2 10:49:47 MST 2009

I, too, enjoyed the flashbacks, especially Victor in his leisure suit! Oh, brother, those were awful on everyone. Now we thing that, then they were "cool". Ha!

Does anyone remember the rumor about Ashley (Eileen Davidson) being a man and having a sex change? I never believed it. It was those eyebrows!! She looks so much better now and more feminine!
Susan
Ruidoso, NM - Mon Nov 2 07:38:35 MST 2009

According to statistics, on average 40,000 people die per year in the U.S. of seasonal flu. They've never called it a pandemic. Panic, fear, worry, stress...these things weaken the immune system and make us more vulnerable. I think...we each need to do what we think is best to keep ourselves and our families healthy.

lady bug
- Mon Nov 2 04:23:12 MST 2009

Fireman, LOL I love love love old cars. We like to go to classic car shows in our neighborhood. The guys in Loveland...a few miles down the road...have some awesome vehicles. I love the chrome and the great paint, the upholstery, and the fancy wheels. I graduated in '65 and there were some pretty amazing cars on the street right then. Lots of kids fav. pastime was "dragging Main".We've never really had a hot car. I learned to drive on a turquoise and white '57 Plymouth..automatic trans with the buttons. But at the same time I learned how to drive a Volkswagon bug...standard. Gas was 25cent a gal.When we got married, my husb had a AH Sprite. Now we are both tall and people always laughed when we got out. Grocery store trips couldn't include too many groc. There just wasn't room for a lot. When we lived in the country I drove a wheat truck.Hard hot work.

I heard Dr. Gupta say the H1N1 flu wasn't as virulent as seasonal, but we just don't seem to see young children and teens, young moms and dads dying of that seasonal stuff. I think it's real serious when it's killing people.1000 have died, and it's been said there will be 30000 before its over.
MaryBeth
- Sun Nov 1 14:12:43 MST 2009

LadyBug : Thank you for that information on the H1N1 virus.I personally would prefer any avoidance of a panic, which all this sounded like at first, BUT IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS. You know, for Justin (justincase, ahem, lol?). Hope all of you on ChatBook are well.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Sun Nov 1 14:00:31 MST 2009

I agree that Victoria and JT will most likely take a leave...but, since JT is going for a job interview in NYC, it would make more sense for them to go there, where he would at least have a job, than Belgium.

I saw an expert medical science person on TV and she said that the reason the H1N1 vaccine is taking so long is because of how it's made. Unlike other vaccines which are a mix of stuff like a recipe, the H1N1 needs to be grown inside an egg...or something weird like that. In the long run, it's better that they get it right than to get it fast. The good news...some doctors are saying that this flu peaked last week and is starting to wane. Sanjay Gupta, the CNN medical guy, said that they have found that this flu is not as virulent as the seasonal flu.

If you can't get the vaccine or choose not to...here's some helpful hints:

Take vitamin D3 supplements. That's the vitamin you get from the sun and don't get during flu season.

The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat. It's almost impossible not coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions. Contact with H1N1 is not so much of a problem as proliferation is.

Frequent hand-washing.

"Hands-off-the-face" approach. Resist all temptations to touch any part of face.

Gargle twice a day with warm salt water (use Listerine if you don't trust salt). *H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected one. Don't underestimate this simple, inexpensive and powerful preventative method.

Similar to 3 above, *clean your nostrils at least once every day with warm salt water. *Not everybody may be good at using a Neti pot, but *blowing the nose hard once a day and swabbing both nostrils with cotton swabs dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population.*

Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C. *If you have to supplement with Vitamin C tablets, make sure that it also has Zinc to boost absorption.

lady bug
- Sun Nov 1 04:48:39 MST 2009

Trivia/Memories: What was the first vehicle (car/truck) you remember driving? The year and model? Do you remember each of your vehicles up to now? Does anyone restore vehicles?Does anyone have any stories about their favorite, or least favorite vehicle that they would like to share?
Fireman
Maine - Sat Oct 31 21:32:41 MDT 2009

HAPPY HALLOWE'EN!

There is certainly more than one camp of opinion re the H1N1 vaccine. Our opposition in government is accusing our Prime Minister of not getting the vaccine out quick enough and causing deaths. I am not convinced HE had much to do with it. The World Health Organization has known forever this is a Pandemic. Our schools in town here were basically shut down due to H1N1 (kids most vulnerable) LONG before the vaccine even hit town. I agree with Mary Beth, I don't understand why (1) the vaccine was so slow in being produced and (2) why we now have a shortage in Canada so it is being rationed! Where does the buck stop?

Is Daisy going to end up being Ryder's sister? What was the deal about his memories of Hallowe'en with a little blonde sister? Daisy is going to end up being connected to someone in G.C. - but whom?
Cactus
chinook is here - what a beautiful mild summer-type day for our little ghosts and goblins - Sat Oct 31 13:49:15 MDT 2009

Willie, Eric settled on a contract so they had written in his "demise", however now they can have time while he's in Belgium recovering, to write his continued life.

I'm waiting to see how they will handle Amelia/Victoria's delivery of her new baby. Last baby she wasn't really gone too long. Since she is married to JT in real life, perhaps they'll go to Belgium too
MaryBeth
- Sat Oct 31 11:22:44 MDT 2009

See, I just made a boo-boo myself- "crows" instead of "crowd"- oh well>
Willie
- Sat Oct 31 05:25:17 MDT 2009

Fireman, in correcting one error, you make another! "Opps", indeed. But you should see how many typos I make in posting here- I have to go back over everything a couple of times! Old age (do you know I'm 130 now?) slowly takes many things away. (Yes, including that).

Many good comments from you-all about how essentially stupid the PTB are and how stupid they think WE are. The ease of the baby switch, Ashley's lack of wonder about no milk, no soreness, her quick return to total sanity, the unbelievable ease of sale of the mag, how quickly the expose of Victor immediately made the stands, how easy it was for a surgeon to change Patty so exactly into her doctor's face, it goes on and on. But as one of you posted recently (can't recall who), a soap is based on many things both good and bad or it would founder in banality and boredom.

What's the deal with Victor and Nikki going away for what seems to be setting up as a long hiatus? Is he really leaving after all and this is how they are going to let us down easy? That seems doubtful but with this crows, who knows?
Willie
- Sat Oct 31 05:23:08 MDT 2009

I want an H1N1. We are going to Mexico and other countries that way. HOWEVER they say since I'm over 50 I don't need it. Nora has had one because she is 3 and has health issues. I want my son to get one he has diabetes and is 38. I don't want him in the hospital dying. My other son and his wife are in the middle of the most vulnerable. I hope they can get one too. It is really f'd up that the powers that be couldn't get their SH*t together to get them here when we need the vaccine. There have been thousands die because of this. We live in the most civilized country in the world, and Canada has good health care....where is the vaccine? We have known for a long time this would be a pandemic. I just don't get it.

So Vic and Nik are on their way to Belgium. I hope they try the French Fries. They are par boiled then fried in animal fat. MMMMM.
The chocolate is nice too. So what are they going to do to allow Vickie to have her little bundle? Maybe they'll go to Belgium to visit for a while. We sure haven't seen Reed for a while have we? He should be ready for baby boarding school soon. WHAT on earth is Chloe's schtick? She's liking Chance, she's aproving of what Billy-boy-man is doing? I gues her little one needs TWO baby daddy's. They are really cutting back on everyone's camera time. We saw Daisy today. She's gonna be trouble, can't you just see that?
Happy Halloween. Frances...don't eat all the chocolate!!!!
OH YES, you don't have any littleones trick or treating do you?
MaryBeth
Snow is melting - Fri Oct 30 20:27:17 MDT 2009

RE: The H1N1 flu vaccine. The 'Big Brother' thinking of weeding the population, though scary, is ridiculous. Yet, the terror campaign of needing the stuff is, I think, just that. We know the last thing we need is panic.

Billy's ass is pressed to the wall by his brother Jack and, I think, deserved so.
Oh, and my apologies 4 being incorrect. Victor was making the tape for Faith, not Abby.

Nick standing up to creepy Adam looks good. Not so mamby about issues any more. Maybe finally dropping Sharon did that. (Btw, I do believe, like most of you, that Nick and Sharon belong together. But they are emotionally not sound together.)

You all had a great idea. Victoria (Amelia Henle) should go to NY with JT till after her baby's a year old, or something, right? (Ms. Henle could probably use the rest)

I just thought. Maybe the angst between Vic and Jack will be transferred to Nick and Adam, or Nick and Billy. What do you think?

Well, well, Jack is "fessing up" to his illicit actions. But none of them compares with Victor changing Patty's appearance and renaming her to throw off Jack from his schemes, eh?
Despite what Jack says to the Vic, the whispering one is "sitting" like a snake, quietly waiting to make his venemous strike. Maybe even from Europe.

Cool! Victoria slugs Billy!
Lastly...Mr. Madoff's name seems to befit his ignominious acts, who, as Mary said, "made off with people's money."

rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Fri Oct 30 15:58:51 MDT 2009

Mary: You make good points. And Trump is actually a better analogy. I just don't think any reputable fashion magazine would put Trump on the cover and if they did I don't think they would trash him. He is too powerful and most likely an advertiser...just as Newman's cosmetics would be a major advertiser for Restless Style. More holes in this story than a sieve!

Cactus: I read an article that said that the far left and far right are FINALLY on the same side of an issue, for very different reasons. They make up the group who refuse to get the H1N1 vaccine. The "right" thinks the government is using the vaccine to kill us in order to lower the population or implant us each with a micro-chip...really! and the "left" just doesn't trust big pharma. I'm in the second group. Actually, I've never had a flu shot and I've never had the flu. Most of my family and friends aren't getting the vaccine.

lady bug
- Fri Oct 30 15:19:30 MDT 2009

It's really not that long ago Victor was on the cover of Restless Style because Jack did an expose on him. Billy, as Jack and Ashley's brother (and Colleen's uncle), has every right to hate what Victor has done to the Abbott's over the years. He is still young and vindictive. Perhaps as he matures he will discover the freedom in forgiveness.

So much kerfluffle over the H1N1 vaccine: is there now a shortage, not enough clinics, blah blah blah ...
Cactus
lovely day in the neighborhood - Fri Oct 30 11:35:24 MDT 2009

Stupid Billy Boy just pissed off bro. Jack and it appears he's in trouble.
BTW, I guess some of us aging men improve w/ age (LOL!), but I don't know why. I've always appeared younger than I really was, but thought maybe that was due to my Swedish/German roots.
You're right, ladybug, I guess Ms.Davidson never plucked the brows when she was younger. Can't misjudge her expressions, huh?
C U all later.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Fri Oct 30 11:08:37 MDT 2009

Bernie Madoff the man who "made off" with all those people's investment money.

Victor we have to remember is the head of a major corporation that is world wide so of course he would sell magazines (especially in the make up world with it's ties to fashion), it would be like Donald Trump selling magazines when he appears on the cover (even though to me it would be a turn off).

I think Victor made the tape for Faith because he now realizes that even the "great Victor Newman" might have complications with his new heart while in Europe for his recoup and wants to be sure that she will know that he loves her and why he is what he is. I enjoyed the flashbacks and for those who haven't watched since the first day as I have or for as long as some of the rest of us have it probably was interesting to know about Victor's past, the orphanage, being poor, his taking a job for Kay , his choice of a name and etc.

Have a good weekend and Happy Halloween!!!
Mary
In Sunny Maine - Fri Oct 30 07:43:59 MDT 2009

RC: Yes, I did enjoy it. Although it reminded me of how unfair it is that men get better looking as they get older and women...not so much.

Pinkie: Almost the whole show of flashbacks and Victor shedding tears. That's what they do when a popular character leaves a show, so that must have been done and scheduled BEFORE the new contract. It does seem odd that Victor is only leaving for recuperation, yet doing the video for Faith. I mean...how long is he going to be gone. Faith is not going to really understand it until she's at least pre-teen.

Yep...when I saw Ashley's eyebrows I thought of Groucho Marx...LOL!!

I love Nick standing up to Billy. I hope he cuts off power to the building...that ought to put him out of business. And, what did Victoria ever do to Billy that he's going after her too.

I'm really excited about Halloween. It's odd, but for about the last 20/30 years I've lived in places (both country and city) where I didn't get any trick-or-treaters. I won't get any this year either...but, since my granddaughter will be out with her parents, I'll go to their house and pass out candy....woo hoo!!!

lady bug
- Fri Oct 30 05:05:20 MDT 2009

I'm tired of seeing Victoria walking around covering up her stomach with that oversize purse. I'm wondering if she will go off with JT to New York til after she has the baby?? Maybe that's how they will rule her off the show til the baby is born??

Nurse Connie..how is Charlie doing? is he staying out of trouble?
sparkie
burlington,ontario - Thu Oct 29 21:29:25 MDT 2009

Hi, Susie in San Jose. I doubt if the writers will leave Faith's secret for another decade, as they would lose the interest of present viewers and have a batch of new ones who wouldn't have a clue what was going on. My guess would be in the next year, the truth will out.
Cactus
- Thu Oct 29 21:13:25 MDT 2009

Rc I think Victors video was done mainly for the viewers benifit I think it was his swan song , A look back at how he bacme the Great Victor Newman and all he has been through ,of course before he resigned ,,
Im not liking the Im all better Ashley ,thank goodness for tweezers , I couldnt stop looking at her brows in the Flash back and Vic sure has gotten better looking with age. Jack looks the same ,
Pinkie
- Thu Oct 29 19:01:07 MDT 2009

Hey! Stuff for GC gossip pages! Victor back in bed with Nikki! (Gasp!)
Good move! Nicholas stands up to Billy Boy for lashing at the Vic in Billy's newly acquired Mag. Then, we see, BB trying to get connected to that Deacon worm.
('worm' signifies anything like a tapeworm that is ingested by the host, grows by feeding on, and eventually takes over the host)

Maybe Deacon avoided answering questions re JT belting him because he's finally realized he's in a pond with bigger fish. (so he has to be a worm then?)
> Well, ladybug, I guess you 'enjoy' watching the droplets of Mr. Pocket's past.? <
And lastly, I guess we occasionally need to be reminded of how Victor came to be the Victor we know, and for that matter, how Jack came to be the Jack we know in these snipets of Vic's past as he makes that tape for Abby. Did you all think it was necessary?
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Oct 29 18:38:59 MDT 2009

what color red does lauren use,thks, J.R.
J.RUARK <jgfred1@aol.com>
HOME - Thu Oct 29 13:05:58 MDT 2009

Is it driving anyone else crazy that Sharon seems to have no clue that Faith might be her baby and that Ashly doesn't question why she feels so good after childbirth and can't nurse. I thought when Nick & Sharon were at teh cabin with "Faith's" asshes Cassie might appear to them. She did seem to be somewhat aware when Faith cried but no flashbacks of Faith crying during childbirth. I would prefer Nick with Sharon. It always bothered me how she stole Nick and then was so horrified when Sharon almost did the same to her. I don't think Ashley is acting so mean after hearing Victor tell Nikki that he never loved anyone like he did her. Do you think it is going to be a case where no one finds out about Faith until she is a teenager?
Susie <SusieMerryMadd>
San Jose - Thu Oct 29 12:49:09 MDT 2009

JEAN: You go, girl, like a dancing queen ... have you heard any of Adam's music from his CD? I am sure my granddaughter will download it to her iPod the next time she gets an iTunes card and I'll get to hear what it's all about. I rather like his image on the cover, suits his personality, but could do without the pale pink lipstick ... makes his lips looks very very womanly, IMO!

Why wouldn't Victoria and JT see a counsellor to save their marriage? A couple of minutes of conversation??? give me a break ...
Cactus
- Thu Oct 29 11:19:35 MDT 2009

To all: I heard today that since Ashley is so bitter with Victor and living in his tack room, or whatever, Victor is leaving town. Well, first, Ashley has no right to be bitter w/ Victor since he didn't have to be as nice to her as he was; and after she "bore" her baby her personality changed. I know it happens, but she doesn't have to get mean and selfish. Do you think?
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Oct 29 10:27:29 MDT 2009

abd: You're right...it's none of my business. I was just curious. Sorry I asked...

MaryW: I thought the Billy thing, putting Victor on the cover of a fashion magazine, was so ridiculous, like, who would buy a magazine because it had Victor on it. I was trying to think of a "real life" equivolent. Bernie Madoff is a guy who scammed a lot of people out of millions of dollars. He's in jail now.

RC: Don't apologize. Most of what I write about Y&R is dribble...LOL!!!

lady bug
- Thu Oct 29 04:40:48 MDT 2009

Cactus - hmmmm, I kinda don't know what to think about Adam Lambert's cover. (hope he doesn't start looking like Marilyn Manson PMP). But if I like a persons music, I don't care what they look like.

Headed to my German festival tomorrow. Totsie I'm going to polka and waltz big time.

Later
Jean
Houston - Wed Oct 28 22:22:39 MDT 2009

MaryW: I'll look that up when I have a minute. Sounds like a good way to VENT with a few pumpkins ...
JEAN: What do you think of Adam Lambert's cover pic on his new album?
Cactus
- Wed Oct 28 22:09:14 MDT 2009

ladybug -- it's not really any of your business why i am obsessed with bernie -- you asked a question on this chat book, and i answered it -- so don't give me grief -- you asked, i answered, simple as that . . .

adb
seattle - Wed Oct 28 21:45:23 MDT 2009

Who is Bernie Madoff?

Michael's whole career has been conflict of interest....

Has anyone ever watched Y&R at CBS dot com in one of the viewing rooms? Just go to their website and right above the window that the soap is playing in, to the right, it says "Join a viewing room now." It's hysterical, there's almost too much going on at once. Okay so you're watching the soap, AND you are live chatting with other people about the soap, (most people are pointing out how stupid the storyline is, or saying things like Nikki and Victor get back together, etc.), AND during the show you can throw little graphics at the actors on screen. For example, you can throw hearts or a kiss to Nick or Billy. Or you can throw a pumpkin and have it splat on Gloria's face. Or you can throw a dart at Adam's face; sometimes if you move your mouse just right, you can get them right in the jugular. Anyway it's great fun, and even if you don't watch the show anymore, I would highly recommend it, it's a real hoot.
Mary W <let me know if you try it!>
CO - Wed Oct 28 21:34:00 MDT 2009

Oh,and to adb : The name "Ryan" was the name I thought was Kevin's faux brother, deceiving everyone, including Kevin. (This is the blond, short-haired dude who works with Deacon). Seems I had a memory block. Crap, I hate that.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Wed Oct 28 18:45:54 MDT 2009

To all: Sorry about what y'all read on my dribble the other day. It was getting late and I was going on and.....well, ladybug was probably at a loss too. I was needlessly expressing my reasoning for the small town thinking equaling a small town National Magazine like "Restless Style", which was incorrect reasoning on my part. Meaning that National is National, even if it's from a small town, like GC. Such information was probably superfluous anyway. Sigh.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Wed Oct 28 18:35:03 MDT 2009

adb: YOU'RE KIDDING!!!!! Why????? (In response to your Bernie Madoff reply.) I can only speak for myself, but I got way more information about him than I wanted without even trying...just channel surfing.

Yeh Nick!!!! Kick that egotistical, arrogant, jerk out of your building. Let's see...Billy has 15 minutes to move out. The writer's will probably have him find a new building, be completely moved out and back in business in less than 10 minutes!

If Michael helps Gloria and hubby I'm going to scream. He'll deserve whatever he gets...even disbarment.

lady bug
- Wed Oct 28 16:48:16 MDT 2009

Y&R - haven't watched for weeks now. I think I divorced the show. Can't stand it now.

adb - Ryan was married to Victoria, then Tricia, and was at the alter waiting for Vic (second time around for them), and Tricia shot him. I think, think??

later
Jean
Houston - Wed Oct 28 12:18:49 MDT 2009

Nurse Connie:Blows my dress up !!! New one for me and I like it..:O) The leaves are falling fast and the rain last night made for dark day today. Have the fireplace going and cozy in side.
Mary Beth: oh my SNOW !! Did Jim get his blower going?? My yard is covered with leaves/ The back yard has three LARGE maples and a LARGE oak , the two large pine trees no bother. No leaf falling trees in the front only LARGE blue spruce and a very tall pine. My mow man will take care of that when he comes.
Watched Y&R soooooo many goofs and unbelievable BUT I still watch :O)
Any one tried any new recipes lately to share??
Toots
Ohio - Wed Oct 28 12:01:21 MDT 2009

What in the world?
LOL Nurse Connie, " it blows my dress up" That's a new one, very funny.
Yes we have a ssssnow sssstorm that's slowing down and closing up everything. I had an 8 am appt with eye dr. (chk up ok) My son's car is on the fritz in the shop, so Jim dropped us all off and came back for me. We thought we were taking Nora home so DIL wouldn't have to bring her down to our house, it was aweful coming home, so I doubt if Preschool is on for pm today. Nora may be here for the nite now! AHhhh. And I don't know how son will get down here, don't know if we'll get out in this again today. IN FACT I'm cooking a pot of beans and some cornbread.
I now hear Jim out in the yard fiddling with his snow blower. It's a lot like the guys who tinker with the motorcycle when spring comes. He always has some characterbuilding days getting the darned thing to go. It seems to have a hex on it.

Yesterday I thought...HOW DARE you Ashley. You need to shut up and move on today. NO YELLING AT VICTOR TODAY. I know we all argue about how we like Victor or Ashley. I've always sort of liked Ash. NOW she's being so selfish, OH Excuse me, I forgot she might be crazy, but remember she's crazy because of what EVIL Adam did to her. How long will it take tender hearted Adam to tell Sharon what he did?THen Ash will surely be back in the same place with Patty.
MaryBeth
- Wed Oct 28 10:49:09 MDT 2009

i have no idea what ladybug and rc smiley are going on about re the sale of restless style -- crazy plot line and crazy nattering between lb and rc in my opinion -- however, i will respond to ladybug's poll request -- i bought every magazine re bernie madoff and his scandal that i could get my hands on and watch every tv show re him as well --

don't even know a character "ryan" on the show except the one that was married to victoria, i think, and was killed while marrying someone else, i think, i think, i think . . . . ??
adb
seattle - Wed Oct 28 10:15:53 MDT 2009

OMG what writing in regards to the sale of Restless Style to Billy..."IF" that is such a famous magazine...in real life it would take one to two months to write all the sale and dot the "i's"...what about the staff on hand? The building belongs to Nick???? Have we forgotten that one writers?...Your can change your front cover and main story line in less than 12 hours and STILL have it delivered all over the place? Pleaaaaazzzzzzzzzzzzzzeeeeeeeeeee
It just blows my dress up to think the powers that be think the watchers are SO stupid to think this is correct....
AND another thing is the transplant situation...they are leading folks out in the real world to think HOW easy it is to get a transplant when in reality it may take days to years to get a "part"...and Victor out and about and NO mask...I guess in soap land no one there has the flu yet let along someone may have the piggy flu...that could very easliy KILLL him...
AND AND he is dealing woith so much stress, the divorce, Ashley 's out burst with him, and what ever was called on Victoria by Adam...
Good god I would of already had a stroke from all he's going through...
Geesh I feel feel better....(*_*)

MaryBeth I saw some beautiful shots of your snow land on the news...we have had soooooooooooo much rain and huge rock slides in my mountains...the dogs hate the rain...at least Cathy Ann would potty with me holding an umbrella over her...lololol
Are you packed for your trip? Pack me in your thoughts as you travel...okay?

nurse connie
Frost on the pumkins last week...now it's to get 70 today??? go figure - Wed Oct 28 09:53:07 MDT 2009

Ladybug: If at last I may add...You're brief statement of the mimeograph brought memory back to me. Where my mom worked they had as AB Dick Mimeograph machine that, for a 12-year old like myself, seemed both fascinating and dangerous. After getting home from school one day, Mom told me how the mimeograph went wacky. She said after placing the stencil on the barrel, she pressed the button to start it, but forgot to secure the ink barrel closed. It spun around, she said, and the ink went every where. They had to repaint parts of the walls.
Still love the smell? LOL. Good night.
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Oct 27 20:35:26 MDT 2009

RC: Well I can understand you thinking it was small town...to me, the way they run it, it seems smaller than small town...they run it like a high school newpaper...LOL! That just brought to mind my high school newpaper, back in the day of mimiograph...ah...I loved the smell of it.
lady bug
- Tue Oct 27 19:08:21 MDT 2009

Ladybug: I appreciate your swift reply. The thing is, my assumption was that a small town would have a 'small town magazine' and thus ownership transition would be likewise. I know what they say about 'assumptions', but my statements were based on that logic, with no thought to National Mags. But maybe, with that in mind, Newman Ent. is supposed to be of the National variety. OK. Your point is well taken. Thank you.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Oct 27 18:53:27 MDT 2009

RC: I beg to differ. I think how complicated a company change of hands is, would depend on how big the company is...not how big the town is. (RESTLESS STYLE is not a local mag, it's suppose to be national.) Even a small company in a small town, if bought by someone, that person would have to be familiarized about the various aspects. You just can't defend the Billy buy out by no stretch of the imagination.

And I'd like to take a poll on how many people went out and bought magazines JUST BECAUSE they featured Bernie Madoff???? So who is the demographic who would buy a fashion magazine with Victor Newman on the cover.

The only way to save this story is to have the magazine go under and Billy filing for chapter 11!!
lady bug
- Tue Oct 27 17:19:19 MDT 2009

Apologies to those sight impaired, but...
These people in GC are so blind to evidence around them. Case in point-
Victoria N. wnts to slay the b***t**d that informed the SEC on false claims while the culprit, Adam, stands beside her.

Willie: Maybe your point describing hand-over of corporate ownerships seems too easy for reality is because we both came from big cities where such activity usually takes weeks, or months, to accomplish (unlike small town GC). Don't you agree?

Ashley is in such a dream-like state that she doesn't realize the dream ahe had of (sh--! NAME) telling her her baby was dead was actually part of the reality, not the dream she's living. Her baby looks like a Newman because...well, you know. (the NAME I was looking for was Victor's late wife)

BTW- How is everybody?

Kevin is giving Ryan a second chance 'cause Kevin's dumb(or blinded?). I'm sure Billy will be sweeping up Billy after the Vic gets thru with him for writing that denigrating piece about him. [ Or - Billy will sweep the floor with that mag article of his, that denigrates Victor. ] (which version sounds better?)
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Oct 27 15:53:43 MDT 2009

Opps! has " NO " branches
Fireman <Hanghing head in shame>
Maine - Tue Oct 27 13:58:19 MDT 2009

GC has not branches on their trees

Fireman <Overcast, but nice>
Maine - Tue Oct 27 13:56:58 MDT 2009

Oh, Willie, don't you remember, everyone in GC is BORN cross trained to take over for each other in any job there is.(I'm sure though, not everyone knows how to do Miguel's job or Mrs. Martinez's)Anyway, Billy seems to be able to take over from Phyl and Nick without so much as a day to discuss the crossover. I too was amazed by that. It was interesting to see the numerous staff members now on board at the mag, so I guess they just keep doing their job and the beat goes on.Great isn't it?

Have you all noticed Sharon ....clueless Sharon is moving on to yet another poor decision, which is helping Jack and Bill smear every single person in the Newman family?

Weather man says we'll get 4 to 8 inches tonight. Brrrrr.
MaryBeth
Hauling out the snow blower - Tue Oct 27 09:10:52 MDT 2009

It sure is easy to sell a magazine in GC! Billy hands over a check, they all talk very briefly to the idiotically tiny staff and away Phyllis and Nick go, down the freight elevator. Period! No contracts drawn up by lawyers, no discussions with advertisers or negotiations with outside writers. I'm not an expert on the publishing industry but I'm sure there are many hoops to jump through in such a sale. But hey, it's a soap.

Willie
- Mon Oct 26 14:04:05 MDT 2009

shoe -- soooo gooood toooo "seeeeee" you again !!

sillyfluff -- i agree with you wholeheartedly !!!
adb
seattle - Mon Oct 26 12:20:31 MDT 2009

i wonder if victor likes men i think he is soooo dreamy
sammy <sammy121234@yahoo.com>
montana - Mon Oct 26 10:59:35 MDT 2009

Well Mr. Braeden...congrats on being able to keep your job. I had read how upset you were about almost loosing it. I lost my job 6 months ago after being harressed by a rogue supervisor. . So consider yourself very lucky. There are so many millions of us out here who weren't as lucky. Anyway I still don't like you or your character. Now get that b*tch Ashley off YOUR ranch so you and Nikki can move in...I know thats what the writers are going to go. Gross! Nikki why don't you find someone else? Oh yeah and Victor, after you are back at the ranch walking around why don't you keep your hands out of your pockets and stop saying my sweetheart my darling and you got that soo much? Its really annoying
sillyfluff
Naplesd (no jobs here) FL - Mon Oct 26 06:58:28 MDT 2009

MARY, from Maine I think it was you who told me the resteraunt that I went to when I was in Maine this May. Totally loved your state and had forgotten that Steven King was a "Maine guy". He is one of my favorite authors although I think his last few books have been somewhat lacking. I remember reading the Shining and being scared to death. My all time fav tho is The Stand....read it a bunch of times.

Still keep track of you guys even if I don't post too often....take care all
shoe
rainy van - Mon Oct 26 02:10:49 MDT 2009

ALEXA : What ladybug says is correct. Besides, welcome, Alexa. Caps in a word or sentence is used to gain the reader's attention, or to express a valid point. In other words, a paragraph of CAPS expresses no more of a point than a stock market report. To reiterate, saying, "...that scene almost looked as if Victor was DEAD!" would be of better use. Don't you think? Good to have you join us.
BTW, the NY Giants are losing to the Arizona Cardinals 24-17. Sigh.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Sun Oct 25 21:15:21 MDT 2009

If you would like to learn about Shiloh Pepin (the mermaid girl) check out wgme.com and type in her name in the search and you will find several news stories about her and the latest about her death. She was a little trooper , very inspiring, she appeared on Oprah, TLC (who are shooting the funeral and etc for another show about her).There is also a facebook page about her.Money donated in her name is being used to purchase playground equipment for disabled children.
Mary
Maine - Sun Oct 25 19:30:42 MDT 2009

Yes, I'm not sure what it is about ladybugs, but they always inspire smiles. I'm sure Claire will be adorable. My guys have decided on a gypsy (will look great with her long black curly hair) and a Goon, as in hockey goon, all beat up with black eyes, etc.

I am getting to be a cynic, as it always seems when there is news of an actor leaving Y & R, you can be sure it is a manipulative device being used to negotiate a contract.

Whoever asked about what we are reading, I am just so envious of anyone who actually has TIME to do so! I only get to read books now when we go camping weekends during the summer holidays. Rarely have time to even watch TV after dinner. Still like "Intervention" as I learn from it, but that's about it until January.
Cactus
Snowy in the Rockies, very pretty right now as it still isn't too cold - Sun Oct 25 18:12:05 MDT 2009

Mary W: I'm sure Claire will look adorable. Actually, the very first thing my granddaughter noticed and loved as a newborn was lady bugs...not the real thing, but images. They always made her happy. That's why I took the name...because anything that reminds me of her, makes me happy. Now her favorite movie is "Wizard of Oz" and she LOVES the wicked witch. (I don't think I'll be changing my name to Wicked Witch though...even though at times I can be one...LOL!) She loves princess dresses, so she's put together her own Halloween outfit. A cinderella dress, pink glitter shoes, a black pointy witch hat and a batman cape...very cute.

The Mermaid Girl...she was born with her legs fused together. Her life was documented on TLC. She died at 10 years old and even with her problems, her parents expected her to live to be an adult. She was very intelligent and sweet.

lady bug
- Sun Oct 25 17:03:31 MDT 2009

Do tell, who is the little mermaid girl? Mary B I'm dressing up baby in a ladybug costume, hey how bout that ladybug? Will send and post pics soon, nothing cuter than a baby in an animal costume! Happy halloween everyone if I don't 'see' you before then. PS I think Stephen King lived in Boulder Colorado for a time while he was writing the Shining. That movie always scared the crap outta me, and Carrie too. Tis the season for scary flicks. What's funny about the baby is that she doesn't know to be scared of anything yet, she just goes by how mom and dad react to it! So if we were smiling at a horror movie (not that we'd plop her down in front of a horror movie, just a hypothetical here) then I wonder if she would grow up not being scared of horror movies? I'm only going to be able to shield her from all the crap movies out there for so long.
Mary W <snow snow snowy, verrry pretty against the golden aspens>
CO - Sun Oct 25 16:35:20 MDT 2009

ladybug, yes, I live about 50 miles south of Stephen King, and he was my brother in law's roommate in college at UMO. My brother in law says he would sit up at night typing on his typewriter driving my brother in law crazy and also smoking little cigars. My brother in law asked for a room change although he did go on a couple of blind dates with girls that Stephen fixed him up with only to say after that he never should of taken Stephen's word for how pretty they were!Nowadays my brother in law says "I should have been nicer to him and stayed in touch more"!. He does have a couple of books signed by him, nice keepsakes.

His home in Bangor is many trick or treater's destination if he is in town. Nice big iron gates with bats and spiders on it and a huge (beautiful)old, brick house.
Mary
Maine where the sun is out right now,,,shhhhh - Sun Oct 25 07:54:40 MDT 2009

Alexa: WHATS UP WITH THE CAPS? Caps indicate shouting. Also hard to read. If you don't like to use the 'shift' key, then use all lower case...much kinder on the eyes. Thank you and welcome.
lady bug
- Sun Oct 25 06:15:11 MDT 2009

WHATS UP WITH THE PATTY/DR EMILY STORYLINE IF YOU ASK ME PATTY/DR. EMILY AND VICTOR ARE ALL IN ON THE REVENGE ON JACK THINK ABOUT IT VICTOR PLANNED THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME HE AND PATTY WANT REVENGE ON JACK SO BAD THEY CAN TASTE IT AND SINCE WHEN DOES THE GREAT VICTOR NEWMAN NOT HAVE A PLAN B AS A BACK UP WHEN PLAN A WENT AWRY PATTY AND DR EMILY ALREADY SWITCHED PLACES BEFORE SHE WAS COMMITTED THE REAL PATTY IS ON THE LOSE DOING WHAT SHE STARTED BELIEVE ME PATTY'S IS SANE MORE SO THAN ADAM AND ASHLEY PUT TOGETHER VICTOR ALMOST GOT CAUGHT SO I WOULDNT BE SUPRISED IF HIS SHOOTING WAS STAGED THE ONLY THING IS PATTY GOT A BETTER SHOT THAN EVEN VICTOR EXPECTED HE PROBABLY KNEW PATTY WOULD TAKE MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS CUZ HE KNEW SHE'S CRAZY AND UNSTABLE DR EMILY IS EITHER SOMEONE VICTOR DOUBLE CROSSED OR SHE'S IN ON IT FOR THE MONEY
ALEXA <XAYSENGCHANH@COMCAST.NET>
CT - Sat Oct 24 21:06:09 MDT 2009

Mary: You live in Stephen King country....I love his books and movies. Sad news today for another Maine resident...the the little Mermaid girl died. She was so sweet.

Toots: Sounds like you had a wonderful day...fun, food and friends...nothing better.

Yes, Costco is very good to it's employees. Allows them to join unions, average pay for workers $17. per hour. Lowest pay is more than minimum wage. They also have great healthcare. Wall Street complains about them...making other businesses look bad. Now Walmart...they take out life insurance policies on their employees making Walmart the benificery. So I guess their employees are more valuable to them dead than alive!!

lady bug
- Sat Oct 24 19:39:40 MDT 2009

Ladybug: What I had planned? to read and go through was the many magazines and catalogs I have received in last few days :O) I got none looked through. A neighbor came with apples and bosc pears we had tea and chit chatted. She left and in a bit came another friend to get her knives I had sharpened for her while I was in Amish country. We had coffee and dessert and lot of talking. Her husband has many problems and lot of care and she needed to get out and vent so was glad I was here for her. Dark, cold and dreary outside but cozy in here...
Toots
Ohio - Sat Oct 24 17:15:01 MDT 2009

I just finished The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks. I like his books, especially The Notebook. I am starting The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski, and have a couple others waiting for me . one is The Weight of Silence and then there is The Wednesday Letters. I have a couple Stephen King books that I haven't started yet as well.
Mary
Maine - Sat Oct 24 13:02:57 MDT 2009

Woo HOO, now we can continue to ENJOY the EVIL selfish rich "family man" multi-nikki-ashley-married VICTOr.
What was up with the Nikki look yesterday. EEWWW is all I can say. Ahley is looking pretty and soft, as is Sharon. I like Phyllis's hair red better than the blond she's sporting now.I'm afraid I wouldn't want to hug Nick's greasy look hair. Who do you think wears the most perfume on the soap?

I wish we had Costco,one is coming soon, and Trader Joes, not coming soon. There's Costco's in Denver area and one almost in Denver. I understand they are much nicer to employees than Walmart. Re my trip: LOL I have a plan to pack without my "chemicals" then stop at the Walmart in Cabo and buy my 30 day supply of hair stuff, etc. Cabo site says there's a couple there. Then I can pack clothes and not heavy liquids.I travel and sleep with the luggage police, you know.

MaryW, is the baby going to wear a Halloween costume? We have a tiny tots parade in old town. IT gets more populated as the years go by, and this year they are doing it on Friday. By noon they are allllll very pooped. Nora is a monkey and isn't as enthused about dressing up as her goofy Halloweenie parents. My 6'2" SON was PRincess Leia once with bagels on the sides of his head for her buns. wE DO NOT GET INTO DRESSING UP.My sister is going to see Wicked on Halloween. They are dressing up, guess what she'll be????Yes, a WITCH.

Well I'm babbling. SOrry you guys have rain. Pretty nice here.
Mary Beth
- Sat Oct 24 12:05:37 MDT 2009

Mary, Toots and other readers: What are you reading? It's rainy, dreary here too. Just spent the entire morning doing a Costco, Trader Joe's run...got lots of good food. Ate so many samples at both places that I don't need lunch!! Now, I'll curl up on the couch and read. Currently I'm reading Valerie Bertinelli's auto-biography. I like her and the book is pretty good.
lady bug
- Sat Oct 24 11:28:48 MDT 2009

Toots, "Thanks" for sending "your" rain and dreary day to us in Maine!!! Woodstove is on and as of right now I don't have any plans for the day, maybe I'll start a new book.

I for one am glad that Eric will be staying with the Y & R, I have grown accustom to his face, I guess you could say. He is kind of like a family member, he is what he is and you accept him for it. He has played the part the way the writers create Victor.

Have a nice one!
Mary
Maine - Sat Oct 24 08:31:07 MDT 2009

Pinkie: Morning and good to see your post about Victor !! Thanks!!
I know many do not like him but he is a great actor for his part on Y&R. HE can only do as the writters tell him to do. Sure he has many days when he hates to say and do what they have written for him.
Hope you and your hubby are doing ok.
Dark, rainy morning here in Ohio so may do some bakeing this morning and this afternoon may fire up the fireplace and read OR nap :O)
Toots
Ohio - Sat Oct 24 06:09:37 MDT 2009

Eric Braeden re-signs with The Young and the Restless
Posted Friday, October 23, 2009 10:37:18 PM
by Dan J Kroll

Headlines aren't always written in stone. Dewey didn't really defeat Truman, and it looks like Eric Braeden hasn't really left The Young and the Restless. Contrary to Braeden's insistence that he was done at the top-rated CBS soap, the actor and show executives have reached a deal on a new contract.

Despite his claims that he had "pulled the plug" on his future with The Young and the Restless, Eric Braeden (Victor Newman) and executives at Sony have reached a deal on a new contract. Though the terms were not made public, the new contract will keep the 30-year veteran in Genoa City. "We're very happy that Eric will be remaining with The Young and the Restless," CBS said in a statement. "Victor Newman has been an important part of the Genoa City canvas for nearly 30 years, and we know our audience will be tuning in to see what his plans are next."
Pinkie
- Sat Oct 24 04:18:52 MDT 2009

Does anyone have any new ideas for Hallowe'en costumes this year?
Cactus
- Fri Oct 23 16:50:28 MDT 2009

Does anyone have any new ideas for Hallowe'en costumes this year?
Cactus
- Fri Oct 23 16:50:24 MDT 2009

Debs : Welcome, and thanks for reminding me ...... Has the "Glo and Jeff show" been cancelled? C'mon, Y&R, where's the fun part?
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Fri Oct 23 16:00:42 MDT 2009

17:20;10/23
From what I see today, creepy Adam's conscience is starting to overshadow him like a cloud. He can't forget what he did with Sharon's kid.

What the **** is wrong Billy? It's a fashion magazine, not Esquire or men's health,...so having dressy women on the cover can only help, no?
Looks as if Phyliss' bitterness toward Victor is affecting even decisions with her husband, because he's a little Vic (in a way).
At the baptism, everyone is eyeing Adam with suspicion, it seems. I wouldn't trust him either, but characters, of course, don't know his past like the public.

There is a saying that the one thing constant is change. Jack should follow a trend, that his father's empire is changing, as Catherine was telling him. Do you agree?

> And the Vic shows up at the baptism! <

BTW - The actress playing the psych doctor and Patty does great.

!! Sharon hears the baby's cries again! Oh, the stuff is gonna hit the fan when Ash and Sharon find out Adam's evil deed. **SPARKS**!
Wait 'til Victor finds out he's the grandfather and not the father! Oh, Faith will be a Newman, alright, but dad will be a little younger, they'll find out (someday). Jack's assessment of Faith's heritage is a stretch, don't you think? ('stretch' is not a comedic term, like 'sketch')
Will Adam confess to Sharon? ***SPARKS!***
rc smiley, sorry if this was too long.
Virginia Beach, VA - Fri Oct 23 15:51:37 MDT 2009

Ladybug - you just gave me my id - I'll sign as Debs!!!
Mary Beth, I too really liked the Dr. P. character but surely they could just have hired another actress instead of the same old thing of one person playing two parts. I think she looks fantastic with the dark colouring though much nicer than the blond washed out Patty.

I think Sharon is going to start having flashbacks about the babies cry and connect it to Ashley's.

Seriously, have you ever seen so much stress, arguments and upheaval brought into a man trying to recover from 3 gun shots, near death, heart replacement, medication issues etc... are they trying to kill him!!!! I cannot see any Dr. including Dr.P. going into a patient recovering from all this and giving him a hard time.

Can't you see a relationship blooming with Dr. P and Jack???
Please don't put Adam with anybody, leave JT and Victoria alone and for God sake, get Phyllis past puberty, she's like a cat on a hot tin roof. Oh and pardon me for noticing another crime has literally "dyed" off with Gloworm and Jeffery. Colleen would have been safe at the cottage if they had not brought Patty there....conviently now swept under the rug. GC is the best place in the world to commit a crime!

Debs
- Fri Oct 23 12:33:28 MDT 2009

I don't like Ashley, never have. I'm not too worried about her getting her way because her day will come when she finds out that Faith isn't hers. That might push her off the cliff and never to be seen again. One can hope. That day BETTER come and I hope it's soon. We're expected to believe that childbirth made her AND Sharon sane. Odd how most women get depressed after childbirth but Sharon is happier and stronger than ever even though she "lost" the baby. Oh well.....

The actress playing Dr and Patty Cake is doing an excellent job. It really seems like they are two different women. When they were talking, it was like two different actresses.

Debs: Next time you post, why not use you last name initial...or some other identifying letters so as not to get confused.

lady bug
- Fri Oct 23 05:53:50 MDT 2009

geeze louise, Victor's discussion with the crowd in his room was certainly showed the evil side of this guy.Dr.Patty was a real stroke of brilliance from the writers.KUDOS to them.She was pretty harsh on both V and P.
I also want to just do something violent when the former nutcase now caniving bi*ch Ashley meets with the Suddenly sanest and very sad but cheerful Sharon. The characters have become so wierdly uneven. It's totally unreal that "having the baby" could make her sane again. I did love that she was the one to finance Billy boy.Sparks will fly. Once again, the story is dragging on.
MaryBeth
Heeneville CO - Thu Oct 22 21:16:42 MDT 2009

10/22
So, the psych doctor looks just like Patty, huh? What else? Writers are trying hard I see. When will Patty show up?
Looks like Adam cringes when he sees Ashley and Sharon hugging. He knows the ruined, or will ruin, both their lives, their motherhoods.

I was thinking....if Phyliss is so talented in designing covers for the magazine(that they sold) why must they liave because they don't own it any longer? Why, then, can't whe be a cover designer, or even a clothes designer as hired by Billy ?
Don't know about you, but I can comprehend how the psych dr. said that Jack's rejection of Patty made Patty "cease to exist" and become MJ. Do you agree, or was the doctor just trying to make a case of Jack's actions?
And what of Victor, supposed creator of MJ?

Good for Paul, though, in standing up to the Vic who tried to have Paul rehire the Psych to treat Patty, in order to "cover up his guilt" (not the words I would use, he, he, he)
But Jack now appears a changed man; more compassionate toward the nutty woman he rejected, as the spoke with the psych doctor.

Lastly, did'ya notice how Sharon reacted to the baby's cries? It's only a matter of time till it all hits the fan. Watch. (I think y'all know what 'it' is)
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Thu Oct 22 21:09:49 MDT 2009

Thanks for the info I will keep trying
JoanieBaloney
Montreal - Thu Oct 22 14:18:24 MDT 2009

There's some sites which cater to soap music. I suggest you start googling. That's how people usually find it. Some of the spoiler sites have info like that too. GOogle is your friend.
MaryBEth
- Thu Oct 22 14:03:27 MDT 2009

Does anyone know the name of the song that was playing when Devon and Roxy got back together then they started to dance it was on Tuesday October 20
JoanieBaloney
Montreal - Thu Oct 22 13:47:13 MDT 2009

does anyone know the name of the song playing when Devon and Roxy made up and they began to dance then Lily and Cane joined in. He was singing "After You.....
Joan Sisti <soupgirl3@hotmail.com>
Canada - Thu Oct 22 13:42:49 MDT 2009

I noticed that when Phyllis and Nick were at the club and sat down at their table, the man sitting at the table behind them, with two other people was Marcellous from Big Brother. Wonder what that was about.
lady bug
- Thu Oct 22 11:31:08 MDT 2009

I see there is another Deb - re: comments on Ashley nursing.

I remember there was a Deb a long time ago when I first started writing is this you or are you new??
Deb
- Wed Oct 21 11:45:55 MDT 2009

Hi, gang! How is everyone? How's Mr.P?
So, Victor's still alive, eh?
What the xxxx is wrong with Kevin? Is he so doped he can't see this Ryder just trying to snow him for the $$$$ ?

Marriage and money is a good combination (that's why I'm not), but if Daniel donated the 25G, how's marriage with Amber, complete w/ new diggs gonna work?

Then Kevin springs Ryder from still? He looks stupider by the minute.
Oh, the writers are trying hard, but. . .

Just wondered:
If any of you owned and operated a successful fashion magazine, would you sell it to someone like Billy?
Again, Kevin's an asshole, and everyone knows it but him.

NCIS tonight. Yes!
RCSMILEY
Virginia Beach, VA - Tue Oct 20 18:01:21 MDT 2009

You know, that's a good point about Ashley and wether or not she is nursing. Makes me think that Y&R thinks we're pretty dumb. When I had my baby -because I was really pregnant, duh, I just expected I would be able to nurse. If I hadn't been able to I would've wondered wth not? Also, let me tell you, when you've had a baby you are sore, sore, sore. Nuff said? Are we expected to believe that she is that dumb? Or, like I said, maybe Y &R thinks WE'RE that dumb.
Deb
- Tue Oct 20 11:22:45 MDT 2009

Daisy is Summer's new nanny. Also another new charcter is being added, possibly JT's father. To add to the WTH! why let someone like Eric B. go, to go on and add two new characters. I hope something from Phyliss's past come back to haunt her. Did she ever have a child she gave up for adoption or a friend who hated her who had a daughter? Curious about how the Daisy character is going to fit in.
Cactus
Alberta, dreary and rainy today in the foothills of the Rockies - Tue Oct 20 10:04:36 MDT 2009

I think everyone has heard of wet nurses, because in some cultures it was inappropriate for the aristocrats to nurse their own so they would have someone else do it form them. I have read that woman who had children and those who didn't have children were able to provide the service as they were given substances to create lactation.

The skies look gray today!
Mary
Maine - Tue Oct 20 06:42:13 MDT 2009

Nursing the baby you didn't have. IT does sound odd..but one time in an Ann Landers column people wrote in to say they'd adopted a child but nursed the baby. According to them it's a matter of hormones and suckling and it works. I'm not remembering if they got special shots or something, but I sort of remember they just "made it work" because they really wanted to do it. Now I'm not sure Ashley has a concious moment, so it is amazing. But she stayed pregnant looking, miracle of tv, but hysterical pregnancies are real.

I'm not voting for Ashley to stay at the ranch. Just because Vic and Nick lived there as children and she wants her girls to live there, for goodness sakes, how many homes has daughter number one moved since she was born? They are all so darn rich she could buy ..Victor could gift her with her own 40 acres...and a mansion and a pool and a tacky house. Really now, Nick and Victoria live at the ranch too. It's absurd and selfish..in my opinion.
MaryBeth
- Mon Oct 19 22:07:57 MDT 2009

I have a question...(admittedly I have missed some eps)...is Ashley breast-feeding? Is she lactacting? I mean, if she didn't really have a baby, how could she breast feed? And if she can't, doesn't that raise some sort of question in her mind? Maybe this has been addressed and I missed it. If anyone out there could fill me in, I would appreciate it.
Kitty Guhrle <kisqurd@aol.com>
San Diego CA - Mon Oct 19 21:55:51 MDT 2009

well - I"m not sure if you are talking about what I saw but a Daisy, or new girl IS part of the secret~~

I know - I'm bad~~~
David
- Mon Oct 19 19:56:35 MDT 2009

OH David, I just read a spoiler for tomorrow and it IS shocking that this takes this turn. There are two things surprising this week.

MaryBeth
USA - Mon Oct 19 19:33:53 MDT 2009

lady bug: I agree with you. Didn't see any spoilers, but I know that soape like this have to have good and evil, love and hate, contentment and angst, joy and sadness, pleasure and pain, intelligence and stupidity. Let's not forget lust. Anything less would make it a dull show, indeed.

Now, from what we've seen of Adam, he has the capability to be good, but any good qualities seem to elude him. Who knows why. Maybe he just adds some of those aforementioned qualities to keep interest. But as you know, we all get tired of it, right?
(consider reasons we are all encouraged to volunteer for something)

That non-crying, happy baby lacks a bit of reality, as some of you have noted, I guess with experience.

So changes in normal reality wouldn't hurt. This is not a fantasy, this is a soap. Like, as you said, having the wealthy live wealthy, and working class living like the rest of us, eh? (if you're from Canada, lol).
Let me know what you all think of this.

rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Oct 19 19:19:58 MDT 2009

sorry folks -- i thought ashley and victor were married and the kid she was/wasn't carrying was his -- wassssup ??

adb
seattle - Mon Oct 19 19:17:35 MDT 2009

David: I couldn't stand it and had to read some spoilers. I think what you are upset about is something I have hinted at a number of times. I think we should all know by now that the writer's do not care what the viewers want. Basically, the viewers think they want everyone to get along and live happily ever after and that would make very dull TV. Anyway...I'm looking forward to events unfolding. Unlike everyone else, I don't have a rabid hatred of Adam.

This is not giving anything away but they mention a "Daisy" coming back. I don't remember anyone with that name. Of course, Chloe didn't come back with her real name....so who knows. She would be young. Don't remember any young girls going up stairs....

I'm not an Ashley fan but I have to side with her on the ranch. Victor never expected Nikki to leave with the kids. This would be a really good time to toss Nick and Victoria out of the nest. Gee whiz...they are CEOs of an international corporation and Nick owns a glossy fashion magazine and they STILL live at daddy's house...worse really, in the tack house and handy man's cottage. Funny how they make millionaire characters live like paupers because they can't afford new sets. Someone, a few someones, at Sony, must be getting huge salaries and bonuses.

Willie: I make cream soups but I don't have any recipes because I usually just wing it. My favorite is broccoli/cheese. I simmer a chopped up bunch of broccoli in just enough water to cover, when it's soft I mash it just a little, leaving it lumpy, I add grated cheese, usually a pound of chedder, a can of evaporated milk and season to taste...yummy. You could probably put other veggies in, like carrots, celery, onions. You can make potato/cheese soup the same way. I wouldn't make a cabbage cream soup...that just sounds wrong. If you want to thicken a cream soup, just do it like gravy, with corn starch or flour or some instant mashed potato flakes. If you want it tastier, boil broccoli or potatoes in chicken or vegetable bouillon. I do have a really wonderful pumpkin soup recipe...delicious and very nutritious. I'll look up the recipe and post it later.

lady bug
- Mon Oct 19 17:42:52 MDT 2009

Pinkie: hope Mr. P feels better soon. Gee, right after getting a shot for the stuff too.
Plan to see more of Y&R tomorrow since I could not c it today.
BTW, I liked your well taken point re y&r writers, esp about the baby.
rc smiley
Virginia Beach, VA - Mon Oct 19 16:55:07 MDT 2009

Happy day everyone! I do not post often, but lately this storyline makes me - like you all, a little *wacky*

Being Canadian, I just saw the "next, on the Young and the Restless"

I can't think that this will be a possibility~~ I know that what I say will be annoying, but I didn't see this coming...
david
- Mon Oct 19 15:44:53 MDT 2009

I Hate candy corn Mr LOves it.. I'm a chocolate love Dark chocolate is my preference . for Milk chocolate I Love Hershey. they make a great truffle.. & I Love Haystacks Russel Stovers makes a good one in single servings shaped for the holidays I think they make a sugar free one also..

Ok here it comes my Gripe about Y&R .. FIRST....1 week old Baby sleeping through the Night!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Never gonna happen even with the best of babies and newborn preemies need to eat more often as do normal term Babies .. How insulting that the writers think we are that gullable and not be upset with them.. SECOND... Gripe Assman & Sharon On for crying out loud I am so Pisssssed over this I cant even talk THIRD... IS Deacons son Ambers!! surprise surprise .. if that comes up true.. I must say they have Nikki a lot better these days ..
I have a Thought Wouldnt it be great if everyone walked off of Y&R to say If you can fire your Top draw of your show and kill off a entire family you surly can do anyone of us in at any given time .Then we are all out of here just a thought .

Mr P got a Flu shot Friday Guess who's sick It the First time he has ever had one he received the Fue shot and the one to prevent Pneumonia once every 5 years and now he is so upset that he is sick He didn't want it I thought considering his immune system is jeopardy I thought it best .. Chills. fever,aches cough it got him good...
Just hope i dont get it..
Great stories about the babies /kids.... It was Hot today (90')

Pinkie
- Mon Oct 19 00:36:33 MDT 2009

Loved the comments - Fans are in an uproar....do you think anyone will listen???

My 3 year old granddaughter has a bit of a cough and fever, "Mummy" she says, "I think there's a hammer banging inside my head".

How cute........and how clever!!!
Deb
- Sun Oct 18 20:48:11 MDT 2009

It's good to know that Victor's death was Adam's dream. We didn't pick up on that and were really puzzled when he showed up alive in the next episode! Over the years, they've had a number of "dream" episodes that they tried to fool us with.
nurse connie, your pork chops and cabbage "sounds" really good and I'm going to work on HQ about it. Has anyone got a really good (and simple) cream soup kind of recipe? I'm a soup lover-right now we're working on a LARGE batch of bean soup HQ put together. We ate it once and still have two more supper meals worth plus a possible
lunch!
Back to Y&R- they actually gave us an up-beat episode last week-maybe they've heard some fo our gripes?
Willie
- Sun Oct 18 16:20:27 MDT 2009

I decorate a little bit for Halloween, we don't get more than 3 trick or treaters anymore. The fun was when our girls were little and I "made" their costumes that they chose each year and contributed their ideas to. I still have some in a box downstairs that I know I need to toss out, "but" I open it up, look at them, smile and put them back in and close the lid for another year. We always had a party for them to invite friends to and some of those kids would ask each year if we were having one and of course if they would be invited.

Fireman and I dressed up as Raggedy Ann and Andy one year before we had children, it rained and our crepe paper wigs of red managed to add a blush to our faces!

Hate candy corn and those little pumpkins. Love homemade caramel corn,but since I am diabetic I don't get to indulge much anymore so any candy looks great and would probably taste even better!!

I used to love making pumpkin head characters with my mom and grandparents when I was a kid, I have many happy memories of that.

Fireman used to dress up and go to their classrooms as a mystery guest or to promote fire safety and Halloween safety. He also dressed as a cowboy with a mask (lone ranger) and would bring his guitar to sing songs to the kids in the classroom and at the nursery school I worked at. One girl from back then who was home schooled except for going to the nursery school I worked at included him in one or her college essays she had to write for acceptance and always thought of him as "Jack O'Lantern Jack" his character's name.

The local dance hall used to have a party with a live band, decorations, lots of cider, apples, donuts, and each kid took an unopened bag of candy that was dumped into a box and divided up among all the children so everyone got more than enough, Fireman would dress up and accompany the kids with me.The kids had judging for their costumes for the different age groups and would be given prizes from local merchants who donated or from toys and such that the owners of the hall purchased throughout the year for the party.

Fireman also chose to surprise people 2 weeks before he joined the Navy by going late to the local Halloween party dressed as a women (he raided his mom's closet) and nobody knew who he was, perhaps because he shaved his legs (!!), not thinking about going into the Navy with non-hairy legs!!!
Mary
Cold, gloomy Maine - Sun Oct 18 12:37:26 MDT 2009

Nurse Connie:How cute with the cake and Logan wanting her washed.:O)Did you get pictures? Wonderful times.
COLD here also the furnace is just a humming..Yesterday was another dark day so had fire in fireplace (gas logs) and made things cozy !Going to Amish country to B&B with Daughter,husband and Grandson. IT will be second time there. So homey,quiet, and scenic. The owners are wonderful careing people.
Toots
Ohio and chilly - Sun Oct 18 07:02:45 MDT 2009

MB thanks for the info. Balloon dad must be really torn. On the one hand he's probably thrilled out of his mind to be the center of attention...something he's always wanted...paparazzi outside his door, all the networks clamouring for an interview, etc. On the other hand: arrest, prosecution, restitution, imprisonment. This qualifies for...be careful what you ask for, you might get it. Maybe he'll get to be on MSNBC's "Lock Down".....LOL!!!!

I'm sure that if Victor and Nikki go off to Europe, they will be right next door to the finest hospital in the world, with a window overlooking the Italian Alps. Hey, he may even buy it. Victor isn't just recovering from the transplant, he also had three gunshots. That probably explains why he didn't just pop out of bed the next day.

Victor looks a little happier lately. He either worked out the contract or said "take this job and shove it". BTW, he wasn't asking for more money. In fact, a few years ago when they had financial problems he took a voluntary pay cut. This time they asked him to take a huge pay cut, but more than that, they treated him very badly, disrespectfully.

lady bug
- Sun Oct 18 06:41:56 MDT 2009

I love the chocolate carmel flavored candy corn...one small bag is about all I can take...

Today was Kiera's first birthday....they got her a 4" small cake and they let her have at it...it was all over her and in her hair and on her tiara too...they had Logan come in and look at her and he puts his hands on his face and said OH GOD!!! mommy wash her...so cute

No Y&R lately..
PS a new transplant patient needs to live close to the hospital for around two months...

nurse connie
Dang it's cold 40 and freeze watches out for our area...heat is now on baby... - Sat Oct 17 21:39:16 MDT 2009

For general comments about The Young and the Restless
The Young and the Restless
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Los Angeles, CA 90036

MB
- Sat Oct 17 20:42:38 MDT 2009

I meant MISDEMEANOR
MaryBeth
- Sat Oct 17 20:06:54 MDT 2009

Not long ago the Sheriff decided they may charge balloon boy's dad and mom with a low class disdemeanor. Also a guy has come forward saying Heene is ego driven to be a celebrity. Somehow he was helping him.
mb
- Sat Oct 17 20:02:31 MDT 2009

Today the paper says that balloon boy's folks lived in California and helped people prepare pitches for sitcoms, and reality shows. Also that they were working on one about their family for TLC that didn't fly.(get it..didn't fly), Finally Dad is obsessed about getting a TV show. Our county sheriff gets in trouble for being too conservative and not spending money where people think we need to spend it.We are all puzzled by his tack on this. I think he's trying to keep it all low profile until they pick thru the facts and that interview with them officially starts on Mon. When they were covering the story locally, the deputies they talked to wouldn't tell all they knew, and kept saying we can't talk about that yet.There is all kinds of media hanging out and trying to get a story. I hope they aren't making more of their possibly questionable intentions than is necessary. THIS REPORT MADE POSSIBLE BY LOCAL GOSSIP MONGERS.MB
Oh my I think Ashley's grab for the house is simply a mean girl kind of claim on what she knows Victor and Nikki and the kids love the ranch. I think that is a good thought that Vic and Nik might just go away to heal Vic. He was asking her about the spa she went to in Colorado. He could die there, or he could have a miraculous recovery. I wonder if they got rid of Zapato because his exit was possible.I like how they are making Nickolas so conflicted about Sharon and Phyllis.It's time for someone to watch Noah. He could need some parenting. You just know he'll be in college next year. He's been this age set a long time now. Have we heard what the treatment at the Swiss clinic was? Summer is talking again. Maybe she will be fast aged too. I'm still wondering who the "kid with a history in GC" will be.
MaryBeth
- Sat Oct 17 12:49:48 MDT 2009

Can't believe Ashley is planting her butt at the ranch. Ashley has money. She could live where ever she wants. Like she said B4, its more like Nikki's place. But its probably true...Y and R need the set and don't have $$ to create another one for her. If Victor is gone anyways Ashley doesn't need a different set. Nikki..get a life..Mumbles is dispicable and not worth loving..stop hanging around him. He has Nick and Victoria. Did you forget that he wished you were dead? You'd be more worthwhile if you volunteered and helped people (good people with hearts) who haven't hurt others.
Wiseness comes with age so wise up already. You aren't some naiv